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`Scuds' found at chemical plant Mar 25 2003
Ian Bruce With The Black Watch In Iraq, The Western Mail - The National Newspaper Of Wales
A NUMBER of suspected Scud missiles and warheads have been found by the British Army at a petrol chemical plant in southern Iraq.
The rockets, each 25 to 30ft long and a metre in diameter, were found by a patrol at Damaniyah, south of Basra.
Experts have now been called in to examine the find and determine whether the warheads contain conventional, chemical or biological agents.
Meanwhile, a British de-fence company denied yesterday that it has ever made any type of high explosive weapon or sold any of its products to Iraq.
Wallop Defence Systems, from Middle Wallop, Hants, said the "weapons" - described as fuses for detonators - found near Basra on Sunday were probably smoke grenades stolen by Iraq 13 years ago.
In a detailed statement, the company said it has never sold any product to Iraq but explained that in 1985 smoke grenades were sold to Kuwait and these were subsequently stolen by the Iraqis when they invaded Kuwait in 1990.
The company, formerly called Wallop Industries, also said it has never made any product containing high explosives.
Scottish troops from the Black Watch Battle Group discovered the cache of weapons - including two Russian Al Harith anti-ship cruise missiles and components from the Hampshire firm - at a bunker complex at the Az Zubayr civilian heliport south of Basra at the weekend.
Small boxes were stamped Wallop Industries Limited, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, and some reports said these were believed to be fuses for detonators. The boxes carried danger signs and a prohibition on the product being carried by air. There were no dates on the cases.
Divisional director of the company John Taylor said, "Wallop Defence Systems has never supplied any product to Iraq. However, Wallop De-fence Systems, when previously known as Wallop Industries, did supply, in 1985, several thousand smoke grenades to Kuwait.
"Subsequent to the last Gulf War, in 1991, the company was informed by the MoD that some of its smoke grenades had been discovered in Iraqi weapons caches."
Ian Bruce With The Black Watch In Iraq, The Western Mail - The National Newspaper Of Wales
A NUMBER of suspected Scud missiles and warheads have been found by the British Army at a petrol chemical plant in southern Iraq.
The rockets, each 25 to 30ft long and a metre in diameter, were found by a patrol at Damaniyah, south of Basra.
Experts have now been called in to examine the find and determine whether the warheads contain conventional, chemical or biological agents.
Meanwhile, a British de-fence company denied yesterday that it has ever made any type of high explosive weapon or sold any of its products to Iraq.
Wallop Defence Systems, from Middle Wallop, Hants, said the "weapons" - described as fuses for detonators - found near Basra on Sunday were probably smoke grenades stolen by Iraq 13 years ago.
In a detailed statement, the company said it has never sold any product to Iraq but explained that in 1985 smoke grenades were sold to Kuwait and these were subsequently stolen by the Iraqis when they invaded Kuwait in 1990.
The company, formerly called Wallop Industries, also said it has never made any product containing high explosives.
Scottish troops from the Black Watch Battle Group discovered the cache of weapons - including two Russian Al Harith anti-ship cruise missiles and components from the Hampshire firm - at a bunker complex at the Az Zubayr civilian heliport south of Basra at the weekend.
Small boxes were stamped Wallop Industries Limited, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, and some reports said these were believed to be fuses for detonators. The boxes carried danger signs and a prohibition on the product being carried by air. There were no dates on the cases.
Divisional director of the company John Taylor said, "Wallop Defence Systems has never supplied any product to Iraq. However, Wallop De-fence Systems, when previously known as Wallop Industries, did supply, in 1985, several thousand smoke grenades to Kuwait.
"Subsequent to the last Gulf War, in 1991, the company was informed by the MoD that some of its smoke grenades had been discovered in Iraqi weapons caches."
