Location: 25km NE of Baghdad

Short Descriptor: Test site for helicopter-borne aerosol generator (Zubaidy device)

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The Technical Research Center (TRC) at Salman Pak developed an aerosol generator for the dispersal of BW agents or toxins by modifying helicopter-borne, commercial chemical insecticide disseminators. The system was known as the "Zubaidy device." Iraq has made no declaration as to the number of aerosol generators produced, although it now claims that the devices were "inconsequential." A document submitted by Iraq reported the successful field testing--at the Khan Bani Sa'ad aerodrome--of these devices in August 1988 to spray Bacillus subtilis spores. In addition, UNSCOM has evidence of a parallel development by TRC of a similar device, probably for delivery by drones. Iraq officially denies all knowledge of this second device.

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	Updated February 2006