[lit-ideas] Syrian Chemical Weapons (old estimates)
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- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:37:16 EDT
On Syria, from:http://cns.miis.edu/research/wmdme/syria.htm
Largest and most advanced CW capability in the Middle East.
Reported to have chemical warheads for Scud ballistic missiles, and chemical
gravity bombs for delivery by aircraft.
Estimated CW stockpile in hundreds of tons.
Agents believed to include Sarin, VX, and mustard gas.
Major production facilities near Damascus and Homs, with hundreds of tons of
agents produced annually.
Program remains dependent on foreign chemicals and equipment.
Not a signatory of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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