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- Production of
"supergun"
- Research on missile components and fuel - High-precision coordinate measuring machines: Mauserwerke Oberndorf GmbH, Zeiss, Mauser (Germany) Samarra Drug Industry - Prime production facility for Iraqi mustard gas and nerve agents, according to U.S. intelligence sources
- Reported in 2001 by August Hanning, director of German intelligence (BND), to be developing new chemical weapons
- Parts for Samarra chemical weapon complex: Water Engineering Trading (Germany)
- Site construction services: Heberger Bau (Germany)
- Equipment for six separate chemical plants, including facilities and construction components: Karl Kolb and Pilot Plant (Germany)
- Equipment for chemical, physiological and biological analysis (Germany)
- According to Hanning, "important components for production of poison gas" (Germany)
Hutteen State Establishment - Built testing facility at Iraq's main nuclear weapon development site - Artillery ammunition for chemical payloads: Treblan (Spain)
- High-speed computers: E.Z. Logic Data Systems (US); International Computer Systems (US/UK)
- Machine tools and equipment: Matrix Churchill Ltd., MEED International (UK) Salah al Din - Military electronics factory which produced three- dimensional early warning radars, electronic countermeasures and inertial guidance components
- Also produced equipment for making nuclear weapon fuel - Turn-key factory built by Thomson-CSF (France)
- Lasers, laser systems, and "communication/ detection racking equipment:" Spectra Physics (US)
- Quartz crystals and electronic assemblies for use in radar systems: Zeta Laboratories Inc. (US)
- Frequency synthesizers for developing surveillance radar: Hewlett Packard (US)
Source: www.iraqwatch.org [12.10PM 13 Feb 03] Iraq Watch Bulletin, vol2, Issue 1, Jan-Feb. 203 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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