On that other type of cluster munitions missile:
In its 1996 FFCD, Iraq stated that, in May 1988, a project designated “Luna S” was initiated to convert the FROG rocket warhead into a cluster warhead constructed of aluminum and certain components from the Ababil 50 rocket. According to Iraq, Al Muthanna State Establishment rejuected the proposal to use an aluminum shell as a container for CW agents and the project was abandoned in July 1988. Iraq stated that only sketches had been produced and that no prototypes had been built.
Documents found at the Haidar Farm in 1995 were sent to a supporting Government for analysis in April 1996. In June 1997, the supporting Government provided a written assessment that the documentation contained all the necessary files and specifications to build a non-conventional warhead, probably a chemical warhead for the FROG rocket. The assessment also stated that some documents had been daten in March 1989 and in August 1990, which contradicted Iraq’s statement that all work relating to non-conventional warheads for such rockets had been abandoned in 1988.
ASSESSMENT
Iraq had the capability to develop indigenously and produce non-conventional warheads for weapons such as the Scud missile. It can, therefore, be assumed that Iraq also had the same capability for a short-range missile like the FROG. In addition, documentary evidence suggests that Iraq had worked on developing this capaility at least until August 1990.
