RII 1877-IZ CW/BW Capabilities [ (b)(2) ] Filename:0187pgv.91d [ (b)(2) ] 2245\1 FEB 91 SENT BY [ (b)(6) ] FROM DIA WASHINGTON DC VIA NMIST TO: CENTAF [ (b)(6) ][ (b)(2) ] SUBJECT: RII 1877-IZ CW/BW Capabilities [ (b)(2) ] BW PRODUCTION WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL PROCESSING CAPABILITY AT THE ABU GHARIB BW PRODUCTION FACILITY [ (b)(2) ] ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE TAJI BW PRODUCTION FACILITY [ (b)(2) ], IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 40 TO 50 PERCENT. THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY AT SALMAN PAK [ (b)(2) ] AND AT THE ABU GHURAYB CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT [ (b)(2) ] REMAINS INTACT. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SOME EQUIPMENT FROM SALMAN PAK HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE NAJAF AREA. CW PRODUCTION: COUNTRYWIDE, CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 40-50 PERCENT AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE FILLING CAPACITY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. FOUR OF 10 PRODUCTION BUILDINGS AT SAMARRA [ (b)(2) ] HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE ABOVE GROUND P10 (HIGH CAPACITY MUSTARD) PRODUCTION BUILDING AND ABOVE GROUND P7 (LOW CAPACITY MUSTARD OR SARIN) PODUCTION BUILDING AT SAMARRA SHOULD BE TAGETED ALONG WITH THE P3, P4, P5, AND P6 PRODUCTION BUNKERS TO NEGATE IRAQ'S CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. CHEMICAL PRECURSOR PRODUCTION BUILDINGS AT TWO OF THE HABBANIYAH FACILITIES (II AND III) HAVE PROBABLY SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE. HABBANIYAH I AND II ARE RECOMMENDED FOR RE- STRIKE. PRIORITIZATION OF TARGETS FOR CW AND BW PRODUCTION 1. [ (b)(2) ] SAMARRA CW RSCH PROD AND STOR FAC PRODUCTION FACILITIES P-1/2, P-8, p-9, AND P-11/12 SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE AND ALL ARE ASSESSED AS NONFUNCTIONAL. THEY DO NOT REQUIRE RE-STRIKE. CRITICAL ELEMENTS TO RETARGET AT SAMARRA [ (b)(2) ]: A. PRODUCTION FACILITY P-10 [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] HAS CRATERS NEARBY BUT IS STILL FUNCTIONAL AND SHOULD BE RETARGETED. B. THE FILLING AREA HAS ONE FUNCTIONAL BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE TARGETED. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. (OTHER TWO FILLING BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ) C. PRODUCTION BUNKER P-6, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND SHOULD BE TARGETED. D. PRODUCTION BUNKER P-4, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND SHOULD BE TARGETED. E. PRODUCTION BUNKER P-5, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND SHOULD BE TARGETED. F. PRODUCTION FACILITY P-7 [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REMAINS G. PRODUCTION BUNKER P-3, [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND SHOULD BE TARGETED. 2. [ (b)(2) ] THE ABU GHURAYB CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE PLANT. TARGET THE CENTER OF THE LONG SIDE OF THE L-SHAPED BUILDING, [ (b)(2) ] 3. [ (b)(2) ] SALMAN PAK BW RSCH, PROD AND STOR FAC: A. ALL FOUR 12-FRAME BUNKERS IN THE STORAGE AREA HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND SHOULD NOT BE RETARGETED. B. PRIME TARGETS FOR THE SALMAN PAK Facility SHOULD BE THE HIGH CONTAINMENT LABORATORY AND POSSIBLE PRODUCTION BUILDINGS IN THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] C. THIS IS A POSSIBLE PRODUCTION BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED DRYING TOWER. THE BUILDING WAS BERMED JUST PRIOR TO OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] D. REFRIGERATION UNITS ACQUIRED BY IRAQI'S BW FRONT ORGANIZATION AND A ORGANIZATION INVOLVED AT LEAST IN PART WITH THE IRAQI MISSILE PROGRAM ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THIS AREA AND SOME INSTALLED AT THIS BUILDING. BW ASSOCIATION LIKELY BUT EXACT NATURE OF BW INVOLVEMENT IS UNKNOWN. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] E. RATIONALE SAME AS "D". [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] F. RATIONALE SAME AS "D". [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] G. BUILDING PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHEMICAL AGENTS TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE BINARIES. PILOT SCALE CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS BUILDING. BUILDING WAS CAMOUFLAGED JUST PRIOR TO HOSTILITIES [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] H. BUILDING PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHEMICAL AGENTS TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE BINARIES. BUILDING WAS CAMOUFLAGED JUST PRIOR TO HOSTILITIES [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 4. [ (b)(2) ] HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FAC II. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] STORAGE TANKS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. EASTERN END OF THE PRODUCTION BUILDING WAS DAMAGED. NEED TO RE-STRIKE THE CENTER OF THE PRODUCTION BUILDING [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] CHLORINE PRODUCTION [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ], AND FOUR DRIVE THROUGH WAREHOUSES [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 5. [ (b)(2) ] HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FAC I. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]. THIS FACILITY HAS NOT SUSTAINED ANY DAMAGE AND NEEDS TO BE RESTRUCK. HOWEVER THIS FACILITY IS OF A LOWER PRIORITY THAN HABBANIYAH II. RECOMMEND RE-STRIKE OF PRODUCTION BLDG [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ], AND AGAINST THE FOUR WAREHOUSES: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] BW STORAGE: TO DATE, TWELVE OF IRAQ'S 19 [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] 12-FRAME REFRIGERATED BUNKERS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THESE BUNKERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BUT COULD ALSO BE FOR THE STORAGE OF OTHER HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIEL SUCH AS CHEMICAL WEAPONS, ELECTRONIC GEAR, FAE, AND SMART WEAPONS. THIS BOMB DAMAGE REPRESENTS A 63 PERCENT DEGRADATION IN IRAQ'S KNOWN MILITARY CAPABILITY TO STORE THESE SENSITIVE MATERIALS. THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] BUNKERS DESTROYED ARE: ONE AT ASH SHUAYBAH AMMO STOR DEPOT NE [ (b)(2) ] TWO AT SALMAN PAK RSCH, PROD. STOR FAC [ (b)(2) ] (TWO NON-REFRIGERATED 12-FRAME BUNKERS ALSO Destroyed) TWO AT KARBALA DEPOT ~ AMMO STOR FAC [ (b)(2) ] ONE AT QABATIYH AMMO STOR FAC [ (b)(2) ] TWO AT AD DIWANIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW [ (b)(2) ] FOUR AT AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW [ (b)(2) ] CW STORAGE: TWO OF IRAQ'S 22 S-SHAPED BUNKERS SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN Destroyed. THE Destroyed BUNKERS ARE AT: MOSUL AIRFIELD [ (b)(2) ] UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRA AIRFIELD [ (b)(2) ] THE EIGHT CRUCIFORM BUNKERS AT THE SAMARRA RESEARCH, PRODUCTION AND STORAGE Facility [ (b)(2) ] . Any DAMAGE AND SHOULD RECEIVE HIGH PRIORITY FOR ATTACK. THE BUNKERS HAVE BEEN USED Extensively IN THE PAST TO STORE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS UNKNOWN IF They STILL CONTAIN CHEMICAL WEAPONS. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] OTHER HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS SUSPECTED OF STORING CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARE: H-2 AIRFIELD [ (b)(2) ] (THREE BUNKERS) [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] QUBAYSAH AMMUNITION DEPOT [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] (NO SPECIFIC BUNKERS IDENTIFIED) THE REMAINING SEVEN SPECIAL REFRIGERATED BUNKERS ARE AT THESE AMMUNITION DEPOTS LISTED IN Priority ORDER FOR ATTACK: AD DIWANIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] KARBALA DEPOT & AMMO STOR FAC [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] HABBANIYAH AMMO DEPOT BE [ (b)(2) ] FALLUJA AMMO DEPOT S BE [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TIKRIT AMMO DEPOT [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] KIRKUK AMMO DEPOT W [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] THE 20 SURVIVING S-SHAPED BUNKERS ARE LISTED IN Priority ORDER FOR ATTACK: ASH SHUYBAH AMMO STOR DEPOT NE [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] TALLIL AFLD (1 BUNKER) [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] (ONE BUNKER) UBAYDAH BIN AL JARRA AFLD (1 BUNKER) [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AL TAQQADUM AFLD [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] BAGHDAD AMMO DEPOT TAJI [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] H-3 AFLD [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] H-3 AMMO STOR FAC [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STOR FAC SW [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] QAYYARAH WEST AMMO DEPOT [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] KIRKUK AMMO DEPOT WEST [ (b)(2) ] (THREE BUNKERS: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] KIRKUK AFLD [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] K-2 AFLD [ (b)(2) ] ONE BUNKER [ (b)(2) ] THE FOLLOWING IRAQI CHEMICAL WARFARE TARGETS ARE NOT CONSIDERED VIABLE THREATS AND SHOULD NOT BE STRUCK: AL HADRE POSS CW TEST Facility [ (b)(2) ] BANI SAD BARRACKS AREA [ (b)(2) ] HABBANIYAH POSS CW PROD FAC III [ (b)(2) ] POC: [ (b)(6) ][ (b)(2) ]