Andrew wrote:
> On 26 Dec 2002 at 21:57, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > There is a great deal of difference between the situation with N.
> > Korea and Iraq.  At the present time, the government of Iraq has
>
> > ready to kill if attacked.  Further, they probably have 1-2
nuclear
> > weapons, and IIRC, their missles can now reach Tokyo.
>
> Er. man.
>
> Iraq's new scud missiles, which they probably have quite a few of by
> now can hit LONDON.

I found this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/iraq_key_maps/htm
l/missile_ranges.stm

Which states:
"Iraq is believed to have a small number of 400-mile range al-Hussein
missiles. These could strike Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and
Kuwait.

Iraq is also thought to have 15 to 80 Scud B missiles, and a few
al-Samoud missiles, which could strike Kuwait or other neighbouring
countries. The al-Abbas missile was developed more than 10 years ago
from earlier Scud types, but it is not clear whether it reached
operational status.

None of these are very effective at dispersing chemical or biological
weapons, according to the International Institute for Strategic
Studies.

Iraq does not have the facilities to build long-range missiles and
would require several years and foreign assistance to do this."

So I think you're more than likely OK in London.  Unless those pesky
Danes start acting up...

Adam C. Lipscomb
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