IRAQ BW WEAPON

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Subject: IRAQ BW WEAPON

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JAN 92     CIA 204025







CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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COUNTRY:  IRAQ



SUBJ:  IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WEAPON DELIVERY SYSTEM







IRAQI AIR FORCE SPECIALISTS

SUCCEEDED IN          PRODUCING TWO AIRBORNE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

TO BE USED TO DISBURSE A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO

MAKE AN AREA UNINHABITABLE FOR YEARS.







2.  THE DELIVERY SYSTEMS WERE MODIFIED DROP TANKS,







THE TANKS WERE MODIFIED TO ALLOW THE CONTENTS TO BE SPRAYED FROM A

NOZZLE LOCATED ON THE REAR OF THE TANKS.







THE TANKS WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES TO

EMPTY, AND IN THIS TIME WOULD HAVE SPRAYED A PATH APPROXIMATELY 20

MILES LONG.







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