Al Fahd 300

The Al Fahd 300 was an Iraqi solid-propelled short-range ballistic missile that was based on the Soviet S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile[1]. It's expected range was 300 km which violated the limits provided by UNSC 687 which stipulated that Iraq was only allowed to have missiles with a range lower then 150 km[3]. The missile project was thus halted and declared abandoned by 1993[2].

Al Fahd 300
TypeShort-range ballistic missile[1][2][3]
Place of originIraq
Service history
In serviceProject abandoned[1][3]
Production history
VariantsAl Fahd 300
Al Fahd 500
Specifications
Diameter600 mm booster[3]
500 mm sustainer[3]
EngineSA-2 Volga engine[1][2]
Payload capacity190 kg[3]
Propellantsolid propellant[1][2]
Operational
range
Al Fahd 300:300 km[1]
Al Fahd 500:500 km[1]
References

Development and operational history

In August 1991 Iraq secretly started work on the J-1 surface-to-surface missile based on the S-75 Dvina without notifying UNSCOM[1][2]. During the development of the missile the Ababil-100 had already been declared and Iraq later on admitted to hiding its Fahd missile project with the Ababil-100 as similarities would be observed between J-1 and Ababil-100[1][2]. Iraq had declared the project abandoned in May 1993 and had had six tests between January and April of 1993 and provided UNSCOM details[1][2]. Iraq had declared the range to be 134 km but UNSCOM could not verify it[1][2]. Lt.Gen Hussein Kamel al-Majid had issued the orders for the project and its secrecy[1][2]. 21 flight tests were claimed overall and the UNSCOM ordered the destruction for 9 of such missiles[3].

Al Fahd 500

The 500 km range version although being displayed at the 1989 Baghdad arms exposition did not reach design stage and according to Pentagon Opinion was a mock up for a propaganda campaign[3].

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See also

References
  1. "Al Fahd 300/J-1-Iraq Special Weapons". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017.
  2. "Al Fahd 300/J-1-Iraq Special Weapons". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
  3. "Iraq's Missile Program Profile". Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018.
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