At last! Have they finally found a 'weapon of mass destruction' in Iraq?

[Roon]

They have been searching in Iraq for the past nine years, 10 months and 15 days.

Today, the hard work finally paid off as soldiers found one of those elusive ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that Saddam Hussein was supposed to have been hiding.
So is it all round to Tony Blair's house for celebratory drinks


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1248567/Iraq--Missile-discovered-Baghdad-s-Abu-Ghraib-suburb.html#ixzz0enXIfvo3

[rgbecker]

1. Likely a US dud cruise missle from March, 2003. n/t

[Merchant Marine]

Naw, that's a com-block Styx SSM

SS-M-2 "Styx" fresh off the commie assembly line in 1960


"WMD" found in Iraq. Lookin' good for a 1960s vintage missile that's been buried upside down for Allah knows how long.

[DJ13]

2. No, its a Silkworm anti-ship missile, cant carry biological or gas warheads

The one from your article-




A silkworm-

[ThatPoetGuy]

4. That's not the same. n/t

[DJ13]

5. Yes it is, the AP photo is of one on its back

Look again

[ThatPoetGuy]

8. I'm not sure how relevant this is,

but the nose is a different shape. It's possible silkworms were made with different noses, but I'm not sure?

[TheWraith]

11. Nope. Look at the wings.

The one in the AP photo has a "clean" delta wing, while the Silkworm appears to have tube bows on it's wingtips. As well as possibly a more forward-leaning wing itself, can't tell from that angle.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. upside down (nt)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Yep.

[fascisthunter]

7. they are more likely to find this in Iraq:

[L0oniX]

9. What's Cheney doing there?

[Canuckistanian]

10. But the question still remains

Why didn't they use it while they were being attacked??.

Seems to me that if some foreign country is invading your country and trying to KILL you, you might think of, you know, ACTUALLY USING a deadly weapon.

[Merchant Marine]

12. That's because it's a 1960s vintage anti-shipping missile

If it's buried it was probably broken, and some Iraqi general decided to get rid of it in the desert.

[ingac70]

13. Have you looked at the ratty state of it?

It was useless.

[Historic NY]

14. It looks a lot like a Raduga Kh-28 / AS-9 Kyle missile of Soviet design.

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Rus-ASM.html

[xchrom]

15. No. No they didn't. Nt