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WORLD, Page 35World NotesIRAQSome Deadly New Toys
Ever since Iraq credited its use of medium-range missiles
against Iran with bringing a halt to the gulf war in 1988, the
regime of President Saddam Hussein has relentlessly pursued
high-tech advances in its military hardware.
Last week Baghdad claimed to have scored not one but two such
gains: the successful firing of a three-stage rocket capable of
lifting satellites into space, and the test firing of two
surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 1,240 miles, more than
twice that of the ones thought to be currently in the Iraqi
arsenal.
Both claims had a slightly empty ring. Baghdad almost certainly
does not possess a satellite or the technology to build one. As for
the missiles, Western analysts express some doubts about the
accuracy of any longer-range missiles under development in Iraq.