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There are unguided and guided ballistic missiles. Some guided missiles have
control mechanisms on board others can be guided remotely.
See the link below for basic information. I assume that al Samoud is
guided
Cheers, Ken Hanly
http://www.bartleby.com/65/gu/guidedmi.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rahul Mahajan" <rahulm@mail.utexas.edu>
To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: [casi] Question about al-Samoud
> Hello, all. A question for the weapons experts at CASI. I'm confused
> by the Iraqis' claim that with guidance systems loaded the
> al-Samoud's range will be within the limit. In my naivete, I've
> always assumed that by definition ballistic missiles are by
> definition unguided -- that after the launch phase, there are no
> course corrections and the flight is entirely unpowered. Clause 8b of
> 687 refers specifically to ballistic missiles, but how is a missile
> with a guidance system considered ballistic?
>
> Any light that can be shed will be appreciated.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Rahul Mahajan
>
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