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Mobile Scud B Missiles are believed to still exist in Libya. <http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/libyan-forces-still-posse ss-scud-missiles-says-expert-1> http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/libyan-forces-still-posses s-scud-missiles-says-expert-1 Libyan forces still possess Scud missiles, says expert . March 24th, 2011 2:23 pm ET Jim Kouri <http://www.examiner.com/public-safety-in-national/jim-kouri> As the military coalition continues its implementation of United Nations Resolution 1973 to enforce a no-fly zone in the air space over Libya, there should be a concern over the belief that the government of Libya retains over 100 Scud-B missiles with about a 180 mile range, says one of the world's top experts in the field of missile defense. In 2004, Libya renounced its long-range missiles and turned its inventory over to the Bush Administration, including its Scud-C, but the Libyan leader Col. Moamar Khadhafi insisted on keeping the Scud-B's for "self defense" purposes, according to a story in the New York Times. Libya sent five Scud-C missiles with a range of almost 500 miles to the United States. Libya's Russian-made Scud-B's have warheads with a payload of 2,200 pounds of explosives. The number of Scud-B's bought from Moscow is unclear, but is said to be in the hundreds, according to news reports at the time. In addition, Libya possesses a rudimentary chemical and biological weapons capability that could be used at Col. Khadhafi's discretion, says chairman and founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, Riki Ellison. According to MDAA, Scud-B missiles are not very accurate but can be effective against high density population targets and, to a lesser extent, opposing military operations. For example, Iraq successfully launched Scud missiles against U.S. command centers, military staging areas and major population centers during the Gulf War in 1991. Saddam Hussein's regime even launched Scuds against Israel during the U.S.-led operation to push Saddam's forces out of Kuwait. To deter and defend against the possible use of Scud-B missiles by Libyan forces, some members of the international coalition, including France, Qatar and the United States, have regional and tactical missile defense platforms at their disposal if required. The United States has two such systems in its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) ships and its mobile land-based Patriot Air and Missile Defense System (PAC-3) batteries; both have a tested and proven capability to defend against Scud missiles. U.S. Aegis BMD ships are deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and U.S. Patriot batteries are nearby in Poland and Germany. Qatar has the Patriot missile defense system and France has the Sol-Air Moyenne Portee Terrestre (SAMP/T) Air Defense system, a similar system to the U.S. Patriot. In this current situation, missile defense is an international force for the safety, defense and protection of innocent civilians and the international coalition that is implementing U.N. Resolution 1973, said Ellison. Jim Kouri, CPP, formerly Fifth Vice-President, is currently a Board Member of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, an editor for ConservativeBase.com, and he's a columnist for Examiner.com. In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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