NBC News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-17 - 7:30 p.m. (E)
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[0:00] So, he's listening to all the all the
[0:02] communications traffic on that subject
[0:03] and he's also got a phone in the car and
[0:05] he'll be calling me and I'll tell you
[0:07] the latest as we get it. Tom,
[0:08] >> it probably came from a mobile missile
[0:11] launcher. They don't have a very large
[0:12] warhead. It can cause more aggravation.
[0:14] It can cause real damage, too, but more
[0:15] aggravation than one of the Scud
[0:17] missiles. Is that your judgment?
[0:19] >> Uh, you're you're certainly correct,
[0:21] Tom, in terms of how much judge a mobile
[0:24] missile will do. But our is Israeli
[0:26] intelligence sources have been saying
[0:27] all the while that in western Iraq which
[0:30] is the area from which missiles have to
[0:31] be fired to have the range to reach
[0:33] Israel. They only have fixed missile
[0:35] launchers. The mobile launchers we were
[0:37] we were told by Israeli intelligence
[0:38] were all in the south facing the
[0:40] American troops. So it's I wouldn't I
[0:42] wouldn't say I wouldn't be so sure yet
[0:44] that it is from a mobile launcher.
[0:46] >> All right you stand by there Martin.
[0:48] We're going to go to the defense
[0:49] department now and NBC's Fred Francis.
[0:51] Fred, how is it possible that missiles
[0:52] could be launched of any kind with all
[0:54] the lookown capacity that we have over
[0:56] there, electronic and otherwise, without
[0:58] being detected?
[1:00] >> Well, Tom, the the the missiles that
[1:02] that Saddam Hussein has are not just the
[1:05] Scud missiles that were were located in
[1:08] southwestern Iraq. Let me show you the
[1:10] area where the Scud missiles were
[1:11] located, which were attacked almost 24
[1:14] hours ago. uh this area and this area