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Iraq Is Firing New Version of Soviet Missile at
U.S. Fliers, Pentagon Says
Source: Bloomberg
Published: 8/17/99
Author: By Tony Capaccio
Washington, Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq is firing a new, extended
range version of its standard SA-2 anti-aircraft missile at U.S.
and U.K. aircraft patrolling the southern ``no-fly'' zone, the
U.S. Defense Department said today.
Some SA-2 batteries appear to be firing missiles with slightly
longer ranges than the Iraqi guidance radars can cover, Pentagon
spokesman Ken Bacon said today.
``It's something we saw recently,'' Bacon said. ``But it has not
been a significant capability to increasing the threat to
aircraft.'' The range increase isn't huge, he said.
U.S. fliers have countered and destroyed the old Soviet-era
missiles consistently since North Vietnam used them three decades
ago. Iraq's use of the new variant comes as President Saddam
Hussein seeks to bolster his system of air defense missiles and
antiaircraft guns against U.S. and U.K. enforcement of ``no-fly''
zones designed to protect Iraq's Shiite and Kurdish minorities.
Iraqi air defenses in the southern no-fly zone have lost as much
as 25 percent of their capability since the U.S. and U.K. carried
out four days of air strikes against Iraq in December and scores
of ``no-fly'' zone attacks since January.
Iraq fires antiaircraft guns and occasional missiles at U.S.
planes, but with Iraqi guidance radars turned off for fear of
being hit by anti-radar missiles, Bacon said.
``Clearly, we have scared him to the point where he does not want
to turn on his radars,'' Bacon said.
U.S. planes are launching Raytheon Co. Harm radar-killing
missiles against Iraqi guidance radars.
``Our response to his attacks are slowly, measurably degrading
his air defense system and have forced him to keep his head down
and adopt what we can only describe as extremely low- risk
opposition to patrols in the no-fly zones,'' Bacon said.
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