Syria tested three Scud missiles
AFP, Washington
Syria test fired three Scud missiles a week ago, one of which broke up over two Turkish villages causing no injuries, in an act of defiance to the United States and the United Nations, The New York Times said yesterday quoting Israeli military officials. The officials, who asked not to be identified, said there was nothing unusual about the missile tests -- Syria's first since 2001 -- other than the embarrassment it caused to Turkey, but that they decided to make them public because they were puzzled by US silence about them. In Tel Aviv, the Israeli officials told the daily that the missile tests -- one older Scud B, with a range of 300km and two Scud D's with a range of 700km -- were part of a Syrian missile development project using North Korean technology. The missiles, they said, are designed to deliver air-burst chemical weapons.
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