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Subject: CHRONOLOGY OF IRAQI CW DEVELOPME 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. CHRONOLOGY OF IRAQI CHEMICAL WARHEAD DEVELOPMENT WE BELIEVE IRAQ HAS DEVELOPED AND MANUFACTURED A LIMITED NUMBER OF CHEMICAL WARHEADS--USING NERVE AGENTS--FOR ITS SCUD AND MODIFIED-SCUD MISSILES. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A RUSH EFFORT FOLLOWING THE INVASION--IRAQ HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE REPORTING FROM SEVERAl SOURCES DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH WEAPONIZING CHEMICAL AGENTS IN MISSILE WARHEADS ARE MINIMAL, AND WE BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN EASILY OVER COME BY THE IRAQIS. 1986 - IRAQ HAS BEGUN DEVELOPMENT OF A CHEMICAL WARHEAD FOR A BALLISTIC MISSILE. 1987 - IRAQ CONDUCTED AN UNSUCCESSFUL TEST FIRING OF A MISSILE WITH A CHEMICAL WARHEAD. IRAQ ABANDONED DEVELOPMENT OF A CHEMICAL WARHEAD. 1990 - IRAQ CONDUCTED A SUCCESSFUL TEST OF A LIVE CHEMICAL WARHEAD IN 1990. WE BELIEVE IT WAS THE AL ABBAS MODIFIED SCUD B WHICH IRAQ HAS BEEN FIRING AGAINST TARGETS IN ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA. 75640-75640 1.5(c)
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