Location: Campus of University of Baghdad (Jaderiyah complex)
Short Descriptor: Involved in development of Meteo-1 delivery system
Details:
As an apparent alternative to proximity fusing, Iraq launched a development program known as "Meteo-1," in which it sought to use parachutes to retard the speed of its ballistic missile warheads. In 1988, the Iraqis imported a parachute device with the capability to decelerate a supersonic missile payload. The device consisted of a series of three chutes that opened at different altitudes. The Iraqis claim that this parachute system was intended for recovery of photographic equipment used to record missile airframe instabilities during flight. Possible BW delivery device. [1]
Other Information
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Key Source:
[1] McCarthy and Tucker, "Saddam's Toxic Arsenal," in Sagan, Lavoy and Wirtz, eds., Planning the Unthinkable: New Powers and Their Doctrines for Using Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons (forthcoming), pp. 108-109.
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