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Iraq is banned from having any missiles with a range greater than 93 miles
(150 km). Controversy has arisen over the al-Samoud Two missile, which
has travelled up to 112 miles (180 km) in tests. In response to requests
by UN inspectors, Iraq has begun destroying some of its stock of 120 of
these.
Analysts also believe Iraq may have some banned missiles, although inspectors have not found any. These are believed to include a small number of 400-mile (644 km) range al-Hussein missiles, which would be capable of striking Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait. Iraq is also thought by some analysts to have 15 to 80 Scud B missiles with a range of 185 miles.
Neither of these is very effective at dispersing chemical or biological weapons, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The 560-mile (902 km) range al-Abbas missile was developed more than 10 years ago from earlier Scud types, but it is not clear whether it reached operational status. Iraq does not have the facilities to build long-range missiles and would require several years and foreign assistance to do this.
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