SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON CW AND SCUD ACTIVITY FOR JS

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[    b.2.    ]    (17 AUG 90 1105) RESPONDS TO TASKER[   
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CONFIRMED BY [   (b)(6)   ]

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON CW AND SCUD ACTIVITY
FOR JS

          IRAQ CHEMICAL ACTIVITY-SPECIAL ASSESMENT

CW STORAGE LOCATIONS	       KNOWN SCUD LOCATIONS

SHUAYBAH AFLD
TALLIL AFLD
AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STORAGE
AL JARRA AFLD
AL TAQADDIUM AFLD ~	       STORAGE
TAJI AFLD ~	       STORAGE, R&D, PRODUCTION
H-3 AFLD
KIRKUK AFLD
KIRKUK AMMO STORAGE
QAYYARAH WEST AFLD ~	       SCUD R&D TEST
QAYYARAH WEST AMMO STORAGE ~
MOSUL AFLD ~	       R&D AND STORAGE
HABBANIYAH ~	       STORAGE
SAMARRA PRODUCTION FACILITY

	RECENT CW ACTIVITY

 HABBANIYAH I - POSSIBLE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION RELATED EQUIPMENT 
HAS BEEN [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] ON FLAT BED TRUCKS.

SAMMARA PRODUCTION FACILITY - SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF OFF-
LOADING STAKEBED TRUCKS WITHIN THE FILLING AREA OF THE 
FACILITY. THE DOORS OF THE STORAGE AREA WERE CLOSED FOR THE 
FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY.

 SHUAYBA AMMUNITION DEPOT - THE CW SQUADRON WAS ACTIVATED AT 
THE NEARBY AIRBASE. TRUCKS AT THE AMMUNITION DEPOT LOADED WITH 
POSSIBLE CW CANNISTERS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE CW STORAGE 
DEPOT.

 TALLIL AIRBASE - TRUCKS LOADED WITH POSSIBLE CW MUNITIONS 
WERE [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE 
CW STORAGE DEPOT.

 AL JARRAH - POSSIBLE MUNITIONS HANDLING UNDERWAY AT ONE OF 
THE TWO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE BUNKERS.

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 TAJI - TRANSPORT TRUCKS, MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, 
DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES STAKE BED TRUCKS, AND TRUCK MOUNTED 
CRANES HAVE BEEN [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] LOADED WITH 
SRBM RELATED MATERIALS TO INCLUDE WARHEAD CANNISTERS. MOVEMENT 
OF THESE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] 
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.



 QYBAYSAH STORAGE FACILITY - TRANSPORTER ERECTOR LAUNCHERS 
HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF STORAGE. TOWED DECONTAMINATION (DDP) 
COLOCATED WITH LAUNCHERS.

[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]

CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR SSMs

DIA ASSESSES THAT IRAQ HAS CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR ITS SSMs. 
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE POOR ACCURACY OF IRAQ'S MISSILES, THE 
EFFECT UPON MILITARY POINT TARGETS WOULD BE QUESTIONABLE. THE 
LONGER RANGE SCUD-B VARIANTS PRODUCED BY IRAQ, THE AL HUSAYN 
AND THE AL ABBAS, CARRY SMALL CHEMICAL PAYLOADS (ON THE ORDER 
OF 80 KG CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT AND 280 KG CHEMICAL WARFARE 
AGENT RESPECTIVELY, TO A RANGE OF 600 KM) COMPARED TO 800 KG 
FOR THE 300 KM RANGE SCUD-B. TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
CONTAMINATION AND DISRUPTION TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OR 
FORMATIONS, A NUMBER OF THESE MISSILES WOULD HAVE TO BE FIRED 
ACCURATELY ON TO A GIVEN TARGET.  IRAQ MAY LACK THE BEST TYPE 
OF CHEMICAL AGENT FOR USE WITH ITS MISSILES. A PERSISTENT 
LETHAL AGENT SUCH AS VX OR SOMAN (GD) WITH A THICKENER ADDED 
WOULD BE GOOD CHOICES, BUT IRAQ IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE EITHER 
ONE OF THESE AGENTS. THE MOST LIKELY AGENTS FOR SUCH WEAPONS, 
AMONG THOSE KNOWN TO BE HELD BY IRAQ, WOULD BE THE SEMI-
PERSISTENT NERVE AGENT, GF, OR THE PERSISTENT VESICANT 
(BLISTER) AGENT MUSTARD.