Access to the CNS Databases is provided on a subscription basis. For subscription information click here . Iraqi officials claim that all remaining missiles have been destroyed or were turned over to UN officials to be destroyed. UN weapons inspectors stated that they were unable to substantiate the Iraqi claim. According to allied intelligence and Iraqi officials, Iraq now has the world's fourth largest army.
Ammonium perchlorate is used for missile fuel.
According to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Robert Einhorn, the US has not used coercive military action in the interdiction of weapons supplies, but other US officials said they would not rule out this option in the future against shipments deemed harmful to US national security. During the Gulf War, it took about six minutes for Iraqi mobile launcher crews to relocate after firing a missile. ACC officials would not speculate on how effective the system would be against mobile launchers, but they did indicate that it might not be necessary to achieve 80 or 90 percent kill capabilities. Mobile missile crews would fire fewer and fewer missiles as losses mounted. Using advanced technology, such as helicopters equipped with ground-penetrating radar, the team inspected thirty sites in central, northern, and western Iraq for signs of any prohibited weapons systems.