The al-Hijarah missile was an Iraqiliquid propelledinertialShort-range ballistic missile, it was also a Scud missile and considered an upgrade of the al-Hussein missile equipped with chemical warheads.[1] It was developed by 1990[2] and was first used in the Persian Gulf War where the al-Hijarah missile would release poison clouds and kill personnel on grounds as well as ignite oil wells.[1] One al-Hijarah missile was confirmed to have been fired at Israel during the Gulf War where one landed near Dimona, it was revealed that the missile had a concrete filled warhead.[1]
The al-Hijarah missile warhead was probably filled with chemical weapons and biological weapons possessed by Iraq at that time like anthrax, botulinum toxin, aflatoxin, sarin, cyclosarin and VX nerve agent.[citation needed] The al-Hijarah missile being a version of the al Hussein also suffered from flight instability and improper guidance.[3]Iraq itself at that time was almost fully indigenous when it came to ballistic missile components and only lacked the ability to locally manufacture Gyroscopes.[1]
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^ abcde. Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.
^ abcd. Wilson Center. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020.
^ abcde. NTI. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
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