Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Deployed in the Middle East1
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Updated: April 2006
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MISSILE
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RANGE (km)
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PAYLOAD (kg)
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SUPPLIER
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USER
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AS-1 (Kennel)
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100
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1,000
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Russia
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Egypt
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AS-5 (Kelt)
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400
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1,000
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Russia
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Egypt
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AS-9 (Kyle)
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90
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200
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Russia
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Iran
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AS-11 (Kilter)
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120 [2]
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130
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Russia
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Iran
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C-601/Nisa 28
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95
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513
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China
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Iraq
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Delilah/ STAR-1 UAV
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400
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50
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Indigenous
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Israel
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Exocet (AM-39)
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50
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165
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France
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Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia
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Exocet (MM-40)
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70
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165
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France
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UAE
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FAW 150
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150
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500
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Indigenous
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Iraq
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FL-1
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95
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513
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China
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Egypt
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Gabriel-4
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200
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500
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Indigenous
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Israel
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Harpoon
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120
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220
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USA
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Israel, Egypt, Iran
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Harpoon/AGM 84A [3]
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120
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220
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USA
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Israel
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Harpoon/ RGM 84A
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120
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220
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USA
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Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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Harpoon/UGM 84A
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120
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220
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USA
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Israel
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Harpy (lethal UAV)
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500
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Unknown
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Indigenous
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Israel
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HY-2 Silkworm
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95
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513
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China
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Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Sudan
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HY-4/C-201
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150
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500
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China
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Iran
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Malachite UAV
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120
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130
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Russia
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Syria
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Maverick AGM-65A/D/G
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27
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135
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USA
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Saudi Arabia
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Otomat (Mk1)
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80
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210
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Italy
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Egypt,
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Otomat (Mk2)
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80
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210
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Italy
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Libya, Saudi Arabia
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Sea Eagle
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110
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230
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UK
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Saudi Arabia
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Seeker UAV
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200
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40
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South Africa
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Algeria
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SS-N-2a (Styx)
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43
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513
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Russia
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Egypt, Syria
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SS-N-2b (Styx)
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50
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513
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Russia
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Algeria, Yemen
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SS-N-2c (Styx)
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80
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513
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Russia
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Iraq, Libya, Syria
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SS-N-3b (Sepal)
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450
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1,000
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Russia
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Syria
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SS-N-22 (Sunburn)
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110
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500
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Russia
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Iran
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Tomahawk
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1,600
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1,454
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USA
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USA
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Tupolev Tu-243 UAV
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360
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Unknown
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Russia
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Syria
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YJ-1/C-801
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40
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165
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China
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Iraq
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YJ-2/C-802
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120 [4]
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165
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China
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Iran
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Sources:
- This list summarizes information available from public
sources. Data were drawn primarily from: David A. Fulghum, "Cruise Missile
Threat Spurs Pentagon Research," Aviation Week and Space Technology Review,
7/14/97, pp. 44-45. Duncan Lennox, ed., Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems
Issue 24, 5/97. "Master Tables," Centre for Defence and International
Security Studies website, http://www.cdiss.org. Additional sources
consulted: Aviation Week & Space Technology and The Association
for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems International; 1997-98 International
Guide to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997); Jane's
Defence Weekly; Cape Times; Saturday Argus; South African Press Agency
(SAPA); IDR Dispatches; Foreign Defense Assistance and Defense Export
Organization (SIBAT), Israel's Defense Sales Directory, 1997/98 (Tel
Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1997); Anthony H. Cordesman, Weapons of Mass
Destruction in the Middle East: National Efforts, War Fighting Capabilities,
Weapons Lethality, Terrorism, and Arms Control Implications (Washington, DC:
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2/98); Ian O. Lesser and Ashely
J. Tellis, Strategic Exposure: Proliferation around the Mediterranean
(Santa Monica: RAND, 1996); Bates Gill, Silkworms and Summitry: Chinese
Arms Exports to Iran and US-China Relations (Asia and Pacific Rim Institute
of the American Jewish Committee, 1998); "Saudi Arabia," Middle
East Military Balance, (Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies,
2/5/05), http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/balance/Saudia.pdf;
"Exocet AM.39 / MM.40," Federation of American Scientists website,
1/3/99, http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/exocet.htm;
"CSS-C-2-Silkworm/ HY-1 / SY-1 / CSS-N-1 Scrubbrush / FL-1 Flying
Dragon," Global Security.org, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/hy-1.htm;
"Egypt," Middle East Military Balance, (Tel Aviv: Jaffee
Center for Strategic Studies, 2/5/05); "Iran," Middle East
Military Balance, (Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 1/06); IDR
Dispatches, "Russian UAV Available for Export," 9/95, p. 3; Charles
Bickers, "Russia Renews its UAV Developments," Jane's
Defence Weekly, 7/23/94, p. 24; "Syria," Middle East Military
Balance, (Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 3/4/05);
"Saudi Arabia," Middle East Military Balance (Tel Aviv:
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 2/5/05); "AGM-65 Maverick,"
Federation of American Scientists webiste, 1/3/99, http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/agm-65.htm.
- Missile Systems of the World, AMI Corporate Intelligence Solutions
(AMI International, 1999), pp. 214, 218, 228.
- "Israel," Middle East Military Balance
(Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 3/05). Versions of the U.S.-made
Harpoon cruise missile are designed for launch from ships (AGM 84A), submarines
(RGM 84A), and aircraft (UGM 84A).
- Missile Systems of the World, AMI Corporate Intelligence Solutions
(AMI International, 1999), pp. 214, 218, 228.
Originally prepared by Michael Barletta and Erik Jorgensen, May 1998;
Updated by Sammy Salama and Alexis Zeiger, April 2006.
© Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. April
2006
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