Request for Info Iraqi SCUDS

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Request for Info Iraqi SCUDS

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27 JAN 91/2335 HOURS/SENT BY:   [ (b)(6) ]

PASS TO DI-6B FOR COORDINATION.

SUBJECT:  Request for Info Iraqi SCUDS

1.    [ (b)(2) ]   has long believed that Iraq possessed the 
technological capability to develop a chemical warhead for its 
SCUD and modified SCUD missiles.    [ (b)(2) ]     identified 
possible SCUD warhead crates at Samara CW production facility in 
late December 1990, and CW warhead testing is believed to have 
been conducted in the spring of 1990.

2.    [ (b)(2) ]    assesses that VX is a possible agent in Iraq's 
inventory; however, [ (b)(2) ]  does not know if or how it is 
weaponized.

3.    [ (b)(2) ]    does not know if Iraq possesses altitude 
fuses.

4.    [ (b)(2) ]    assesses but cannot confirm that Iraq can use 
mustard with the SCUDS.

5.    [ (b)(2) ]    believes that Iraqi production efforts  with 
SOMAN were unsuccessful; however, limited quantities of this agent 
could be in the Iraqi inventory. Iraq is trying to produce another 
semi-persistent nerve agent GF which is easier than SOMAN to 
manufacture.

POC:  [ (b)(6) ]