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From: arnaud@schizo.samsung.com (Alain Arnaud)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Iraq Military forces
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Date: 10 Aug 90 01:07:23 GMT
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From: arnaud@schizo.samsung.com (Alain Arnaud)


Army: 965,000

Tanks:
	2500 T-54
	1500 T-59
	1000 T-62
	~500 T-72
	30 Chieftain
	100 PT76 light tanks

Bombers
	16 soviet bombers (TU-22 or TU-16)
	4 Chinese bombers (?)

Fighters:
	70 MiG-23
	64 Mirage F1
	30 Su-7 (Fitter A)
	50 Su-20
	30 Su-25 (Frogfoot)
	40 Chinese MiG-19 (J-6)

Helicopters
	40 MI-24
	20 SA-342 (Gazelle)
	13 SA-321 (Super Frelon)
	30 Sa-316 (Alouette III)
	56 Bo-105

Surface to Air Missiles
	SAM3		qty unknown
	SAM6		    "
	SAM7 ("Grails")     "
	SAM8		    "
	SAM9		    "
	SAM13               "
	SAM14 ("Gremlins")  "
	60-100 Roland

Surface-to-surface ballistic missiles
	25-30 Frog-7 launchers
	24 SCUD-B launchers
	unknown number of modified SCUD launchers
	medium range Al-Hussein and Al-Abbas

Air-to-air missiles
	Matra R-530 (short to medium range)
	Matra R-550 Magic (Carried on F-1 with I/R and homing head guidance)
	Atolls AA-2 (Carried on MiG-23, Sidewinder equivalent)
	Acrids AA-6
	Apexs AA-7 (Long range)
	Aphids AA-8 (Close range, I/R guidance)

Air-to-Surface missiles
	Aerospatiale AS-30 Lasers (Supersonic missiles, 
				   1.8-6.2 miles range for F-1)
	Matra Armats (Long range anti-radar)
	Exocet AM-39 (7-8 miles range)
	Kitchen AS-4 (MACH 2, 185 miles range for TU-22)
	Kelts AS-4 (0.9 MACH, 85 miles range TU-16)
	Kingfish AS-6
	Kerry AS-7
	AS-9
	AS-10
	AS-12