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Syria improves its Scud D missile with help from North Korea After three years of development, Syria has significantly enhanced its Scud D medium-range missile. The Scud D, first provided by North Korea in 2001, has been upgraded with Pyongyang's help and has achieved greater range and accuracy. The first evidence of a Scud D upgrade program came at a test in May 2005 when the missile fell into neighboring Turkey. The CIA, with help from other intelligence services, examined the missile and discovered components that were not in the original North Korean model. "Some of the components were from China and were meant to improve the guidance system," an intelligence source said. The improved Scud D has a separating warhead and range of 700 kilometers. This is about 100 kilometers more than the first missiles supplied by Pyongyang. Another improvement involves the warhead. Intelligence sources said Damascus has constructed a warhead that could deliver chemical weapons, including VX nerve gas. A similar warhead was developed for the Scud C, with a range of 500 kilometers. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
