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Subject: REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR WARHEAD SYSTEMS Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. UN 91 INTEL COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR WARHEAD DELIVERY SYSTEMS DOI: 1991 SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS LIMITED INFORMATION ON DEVELOPING A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND SUMMARIZES GENERAL DATA ABOUT IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEMS. TEXT: 1. BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990, THE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM (PETROCHEMICAL THREE (PC-3)) WAS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT TO DEVELOP - CONTROL DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL WARHEAD-EQUIPPED SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES (SRBM). SUCH AS THE AL-ABRASS AND AL- HUSSEIN_ THE PC-3 WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVICE WHICH CONTROLLED THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF ITS DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI SRBMS FITTED WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS HAD BEEN FLIGHT TESTED BUT DISPLAYED A VERY UNSTABLE FLIGHT PATH. 2. THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN ABOUT 1990. BY l991 IRAQ HAD STOCK PILED ABOUT 150 SRBMS EQUIPPED WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS. THESE WEAPONS WERE CONCEALED IN WOODED AREAS THROUGHOUT IRAQ. 3. AS OF l991, IRAQ DID NOT HAVE ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY CAPABILITY. ACQ: (1991). END OF MESSAGE 1.5(c) 65693:65754
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