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	Silkworm missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Silkworm was developed at the Institute of Mechanics under Tsien Hsue-shen, a Chinese-American scientist who fled the United States in 1955 after being suspected of Communist ties.
		The Silkworm gained fame in the 1980s when it was used by both sides in the Iran-Iraq War; both countries were supplied by China.
		This is the missile China has exported to many Middle Eastern countries, and is the missile referred to in this article, and in the mainstream media.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silkworm_missile (343 words)

	Silkworm missile: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Silkworm was developed at the Institute of Mechanics under Tsien Hsue-shen (Tsien Hsue-shen: tsien hsue-shen or qian xuesen, () (born 1911) is a scientist...
		More recently, the missile was used by Iraq in the 2003 Iraq War (2003 Iraq War: the 2003 invasion of iraq, also called simply the iraq war or operation: iraqi freedom,...
		This is the missile China has exported to many Middle Eastern (Middle Eastern: the middle east is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/silkworm_missile (280 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		A low flying Silkworm missile of Chinese design (or an Iraqi knock-off) was launched from somewhere in the al-Faw peninsula, about 50 miles from Kuwait City.
		This missile was different – it flew such a low trajectory that it could be launched from short range and evade the Patriots.
		Fortunately, the missile did not actually hit any buildings and, while it caused damage to the outside of a mall, it was late at night and few people were about, so no one was hurt.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=2608 (599 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Iran: Missile Chronology
		The Iranian news agency IRNA reports that the missile strike was in retaliation for the deaths of 68 schoolgirls in an Iraqi air raid on 2 February.
		The missile is reported to be the most modern Chinese anti-ship missile and resembles the French Exocet in terms of shape and size.
		The missiles are believed to be Chinese-made because North Korea has served as a trans-shipment point for Chinese arms bound for Iran in the past, and the North Koreans are not known to manufacture cruise missiles.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Iran/Missile/1788_1802.html (11602 words)

	Missile Defense - Center for Defense Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The missile flew about 110 kilometers into the Sea of Japan and appeared to be identical to the missile North Korea tested on Feb. 24.
		The anti-ship cruise missile was apparently a variant of China's Silkworm missile and has an estimated range of about 60 miles.
		This renewed consideration of missile defense as a possibility for Japan is in response to recent actions taken by North Korea.
	www.cdi.org /missile-defense/asia.cfm (930 words)

	N Korea May Have Tested Missile This Week
		The United States told Tokyo the missile was fired towards the Sea of Japan around Tuesday from the east coast around Tanchon, in South Hamgyong Province, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting sources familiar with Japan-US ties.
		The missile may have been a land-to-ship Silkworm missile or ballistic missile "smaller than a Scud", the US Defense Department reportedly told its Japanese counterparts.
		The US also warned a second missile may be launched, the sources added, but did not say how they had gained the information or how far the missile reportedly tested this week had flown.
	www.rense.com /general54/NKoreanayhavetested.htm (366 words)

	Silkworm sends Kuwaitis running to chemists
		The Silkworm is a crude cruise missile, which is most effective against ships across flat watery surfaces.
		A solitary jogger who saw the incoming missile said it was oval-shaped with English and Arabic writings on the side.
		Lt Col Cox said the Silkworm is one of four or five types of missiles with the Iraqi army.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/mar/29iraq5.htm (508 words)

	Section 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The SA-2 Guideline is a Russian-made, medium-to-high altitude, surface-to-air missile (Figure 4), using IRFNA as a fuel oxidizer.
		Figure 6 shows a Silkworm missile at an Iraqi storage and maintenance facility near the city of Umm Qasr, on the Kuwait-Iraqi border.
		He based this conclusion on the veteran’s description of the missile, comparison of photographs of the missile (Figure 13) and its fin pattern with a drawing of the Kyle missile (Figure 8), and analysis of another publicly available photograph of the Kyle missile.
	www.gulflink.osd.mil /irfna/irfna_sec02.htm (1115 words)

	N Korea Tested A Long Range Cruise Missile
		Initial reports said the missile test, which occurred hours before South Korea's new president, Roh Moo-hyun, was inaugurated in Seoul, involved a short-range Russian Styx anti-ship missile with a range of about 50 miles.
		The missile was identified as a long-range variant of China's HY-2 Silkworm missile and dubbed the AG-1 by the Pentagon.
		The missile fired by North Korea is an advanced, homemade version of the Chinese Silkworm anti-ship missile, which has a range of about 60 miles.
	www.rense.com /general35/tested.htm (651 words)

	MissileThreat :: Shahab-3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The air defense missile that was tested was an Iranian version of an as-of-yet unidentified Russian SAM, most likely the S-300, while the cruise missile was an Iranian version of the Chinese HY-2 Silkworm missile.
		Reuters compares these missiles, being developed at the Hemmat Missile Industries complex, to the more advanced Scud E. Also of note is that the council described Iran’s August test of a Shahab missile as being of the Shahab-4, rather than the Shahab-3.
		The photographs reportedly indicate that the missile’s warhead has a flatter shape, which would cause it to re-enter the atmosphere more slowly, allowing its contents to be better protected, important in the case of a chemical warhead.
	www.missilethreat.com /missiles/shahab-3_iran.html (3818 words)

	Missile fired at Kuwait City - PittsburghLIVE.com
		It was the closest that a missile has come to Kuwait City since the war began in neighboring Iraq on March 20.
		The Silkworm is a crude but sometimes effective anti-ship missile with a 1-ton explosive warhead and a range of about 50 miles.
		It was the 13th missile fired at Kuwait since the U.S.-led military campaign to oust Iraq's Saddam Hussein began.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/pmupdate/s_126336.html (593 words)

	The Command Post - Iraq - Silkworm missile in Kuwait attack?
		Fox is reporting that suspicions are leaning towards a "silkworm" missile as the cause of the explosion in Kuwait today.
		I thought the silkworm and the seersucker were one and the the same.
		Another uniformed Kuwaiti official said that he, too, believed the missile to have been American and said that it "came from the sea." He then added that "it was a mistake" that it had struck Kuwait.
	www.command-post.org /archives/002521.html (1246 words)

	MissileThreat :: News Archive: Testing - Foreign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Israel’s ballistic missile defence concept is based on a two-tier layered defence in which the AWS constitutes the higher layer and the Patriot an additional, lower layer.
		The cruise missile is called the Hatf VII “Babur,” and is said to have a range of 500 km (310 miles), according to spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan.
		The missile was described in an Indian press release as having a range of 2,500 km, having a payload capacity of 1,000 kilograms, and the capability to be launched on either road or rail mobile launchers.
	www.missilethreat.com /news/testingforeign.html (11262 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		It was the closest that a missile has come to Kuwait City since U.S. troops based in the Persian Gulf emirate invaded neighboring Iraq on March 20.
		He said it was the 16th missile that Iraq has fired at Kuwait since the war began.
		U.S. officials in Washington, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also said the missile appeared to have been a Silkworm launched from southern Iraq.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=2269 (619 words)

	(U) SILKWORM TEST FACILITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		UPON INVESTIGATION, SIX HY-2 SILKWORM MISSILES WERE FOUND INSIDE THE FACILITY BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS.
		MISSILE TEST CARTS, CABLING AND A GENERATOR VEHICLE OF CHINESE ORIGIN WERE ALSO PRESENT INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
		THE SILKWORM MISSILES WERE APPROXIMATELY 20 FT IN LENGTH AND PAINTED DARK GREY/GREEN WITH RED SIX FIGURE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE NOSE (NFI).
	www.fas.org /irp/gulf/intel/971030/971030_53800005_91d_001.html (334 words)

	Official site of Canadian Idol - CTV's search for Canada's best.
		A missile, apparently a Silkworm fired from southern Iraq, fell into the sea and exploded near a major shopping mall in Kuwait City early Saturday local time but causing no injuries and little damage, U.S. and Kuwaiti officials said.
		It was the closest a missile has come to Kuwait City since the war began in neighbouring Iraq on March 20.
		The Silkworm is a crude but sometimes effective anti-ship missile with a one-tonne explosive warhead and a range of about 80 kilometres.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/idol/CTVNews/1048894618554_105 (596 words)

	Kuwait Says Missile was Chinese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kuwaiti officials say the missile that hit the shopping mall in Kuwait City tonight was a Chinese made "Silkworm" radar guided anti-ship weapon, Fox News reported tonight.
		Adding to tbe suspicion that the missile was indeed a Silkworm is the fact that the missile is designed to fly at sea-skimming levels only a few feet above the surface in order to avoid radar contact.
		Reports indicate that the missile that struck the Kuwait city shopping mall was not detected by radar.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/879012/posts (1388 words)

	The Agonist: Flash LXXVIII
		The Silkworm is derived from the Societ SS-N-2 Styx.
		Posted by: wcw on March 28, 2003 06:35 PM Silkworms are launched in the general direction of enemy naval units, and have the ability to acquire their own target by radar, so that targets can be engaged over the visual/radar horizon.
		Posted by: RL on March 28, 2003 08:12 PM CNN's hired retired states he's certain the missile parts are from a Silkworm; Chinese characters on a piece of circuit board found at the scene seem to support that theory.
	www.agonist.org /archives/000884.html (12422 words)

	N Korea may have fired missile at Sea of Japan
		North Korea may have launched a short-range missile toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday morning according to information given to Japan's Defence Agency by the United States military, Japanese news agency Kyodo said, quoting Japanese government sources.
		The government sources said they believe that even if a missile were launched, it would be of extremely short range, possibly an improved land-to-ship Silkworm missile with a 100-200 kilometer range, or a ballistic missile smaller in size than the short-range Scud missile.
		Cabinet ministers concerned were informed by the Cabinet Secretariat around 8:30 am that a missile had been launched at 8:10 am, that it had landed in the Sea of Japan at 8:15 am, and that all Cabinet ministers may be asked to assemble in the case of an emergency, the sources said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/01nuke.htm (249 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Seoul, March 10 (Reuters): North Korea fired a cruise missile into the Sea of Japan today, ratcheting up tensions as it tries to force the US into nuclear negotiations at a time when Washington’s eyes are firmly on Iraq.
		A Seoul defence ministry spokesman said the missile was fired at about 0300 GMT and appeared to be the same type as the North test-fired on February 24.
		The anti-ship missile North Korea fired into the same waters two weeks earlier was thought to be a version of a Chinese Silkworm missile.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030311/asp/foreign/story_1755619.asp (649 words)

	Iran Missile Milestones - 1985-2000
		The missile is believed to be single-stage, liquid-fueled, scaled-up version of North Korea's Nodong missile.
		Also on display are five air-to-air missiles, Chinese C-801 and C-802 anti-ship missiles, and three Iranian-built, solid propellant surface-to-surface missiles - the Zelzal-2, the Nazeat, and the Shahin.
		February 1999: Iran's defense minister Ali Shamkhani announces that the Shahab-4 missile is in production "not for military purposes, but for launching a satellite." U.S. intelligence reportedly believes the missile is derived from the 1950s-era Soviet SS-4 "Sandel" medium-range missile, which had a maximum range of 2,000 kilometers.
	www.wisconsinproject.org /countries/iran/miss-miles.htm (1195 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		North Korea tested a short-range missile toward the Sea of Japan on October 22nd, the same type of missile they tested on Monday 21st.
		But Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda is thinking that the missile tests symbolize the threat happening, it is the demonstration for something and it is not just exercise.
		Before the missile test, North Korea reportedly told local fishermen around the eastern shore of the country to sail cautiously, the caution will remain in effect for several more days, the North might test-fire another missile sooner.
	www.willamette.edu /wits/llc/worldnews/xoct03b/japan.html (377 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The missile hit a small pier jutting into the sea about 1.45 am local time close to the 24-hour Souq Sharq shopping mall in the city center, barely two km away from the Emir’s palace, officials said.
		This is the 16th missile attack by the Iraqis on Kuwait and the first time when it has actually landed here and not intercepted by the US Patriot missile batteries.
		Prior to this, the closest Iraqi missile attack on Kuwait took place on March 27 when the intruding missile was intercepted and destroyed mid-air by a Patriot missile just before it nearly landed on the city.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030330/main1.htm (852 words)

	Bush Sanctions Chinese Firms' WMD Exports to Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Silkworm missile on which Raad is based carries a 1,100-pound warhead.
		For example, Pakistan's long-range Ghauri missile is an identical copy of North Korea's Nodong missile, and the Pakistani Shaheen I is an identical copy of China's M-9 short-range missile.
		The Shahab-3 is the primary Iranian ballistic long-range missile.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2004/4/8/161029.shtml (1100 words)

	NEW AIR/LAND/SEA STRIKE CHINESE MISSILES
		According to the developers of this new missile, the “Qianwei-2” is the world’s most effective one-man shoulder-launched ultra-low-altitude air defense missile, surpassing the U.S. “Stinger” and the French “Mistral” in performance.
		The Chinese PL-12 missile reportedly uses a Russian-made AGAT radar seeker directly related to the Russian R-77 (AA-12 Adder) air-to-air missile.
		C.801 cruise missiles can be air launched, fired from submarines or launched from a variety of ship/surface mounts using a solid rocket booster.
	www.softwar.net /c801.html (841 words)

	Missile Explodes Near Kuwait City Mall [Chinese Silkworm Cruise Missile !] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Designed to engage anti-ship cruise missiles and fixed-wing aircraft at short range, Phalanx automatically engages functions usually performed by separate, independent systems such as search, detection, threat evaluation, acquisition, track, firing, target destruction, kill assessment and cease fire.
		I have yet to research it, but I recall it is an anti-ship missile, has a turbine engine, looks something between our cruise missile and a Harpoon anti-ship missile.
		These are the type of missiles used in the tanker war during the ‘80s between Iran and Iraq.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/878912/posts (1756 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		Kuwaiti military officials now say it appears the missile was fired from a launcher hidden on Iraq's Faw Peninsula, which was thought to be secured by coalition forces.
		The low-flying missile evaded radar defenses and struck without warning, prompting the Kuwait Defense Ministry to announce new measures to prevent such attacks in the future.
		Saturday's missile attack came as Kuwaitis were beginning to emerge from their homes following days of heightened tensions and sandstorms in the area.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1193004.html?view=print (455 words)

	FreeSpeech.com: Low trajectory missiles and Israeli security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It covers the implications of the Silkworm attack on Kuwait city, during the recent Iraq war, to the State of Israel when considering the creation of a Palestinian state.
		Put that together with a polity that in its mainstream still refuses to accept Israel’s existence as a Jewish state and it is all too clear that a new Arab Palestinian state west of the Jordan River would be a strategic nightmare for Israel and would multiply the chances of a general war.
		Does the semi-successful attack in Kuwait City with a Silkworm-type missile mean that low trajectory missiles could cause Israel to never be safe with a Palestinian neighbor?
	www.freespeech.com /archives/000712.html (523 words)

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