Re: Sacre, Fear, Money Dare! @YAAC
“The first development, called Al-Hussein or Project 1728, with a range of 400 miles, allowed the Iraqi army to attack deep inside the Iranian boundaries. The range was extended by reducing the original 945 kg warhead to 500 kg and increasing the propellant capacity. The warhead carried HE, although it had Chemical, Biological and Nuclear capabilities. According to UN inspectors reports, the Iraqis were able to produce all the major components of the system by 1991.[3] The Al-Hussein was 12.46 meters long and had a diameter of 0.88. The guidance was inertial, without terminal phase. The altitude where the motor burnt out was 31 miles, while the trajectory highest altitude or apogee, was 94 miles. The accuracy for the impact, or Circular error probable, was estimated in a radius of 1,000 meters, and the missile launch weight was 6,400 kg. Its flight time was of about seven minutes for the maximum range.[ “
People forget Iraq managed to ‘scud’ Iran (killing 2000 +) in the 1980s Israel and Saudi around 40 times each and (accidentally) the West Bank in Gulf War 1 and hit Kuwait with long range missiles in 2003, if it wasn’t for the fact most of them had been blown up, either on the ground or in the air and they were a bit crap at accuracy. Not to mention Saddam used chemical weapons on the Kurds in the Al-Anfal Campaign, while the claims may have been ‘sexed up’ it was not complete BS
Or, as US comic Dave Chappelle once said “We know they have chemical weapons, we still have the receipts”