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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Libya Retains Scud Missiles

Scud missileRiki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, has analyzed the ballistic missile threat in Libya and has offered his analysis in terms of missile defense needs in regards to the current situation in Libya. Ellison is one of the top lay experts in the field of missile defense in the country. His comments are outlined below:

As an international coalition moves forward with the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1973 to restrict air space over Libya, it is of concern that the government of Libya retains over 100 Scud-B missiles with a 300 KM range and rudimentary chemical and biological weapons capability that could be used at Muammar Gaddafi's discretion.

Scud-B missiles are not extremely accurate but are effective against high density population centers and to a lesser extent opposing military operations. Iraq successfully launched Scud missiles against U.S. command centers, military staging areas and major population centers during the Gulf War in 1991.

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