Word: barracuda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iraqis last week for their skills of deception. "They're quite good at it," he said. In addition to the ersatz launchers, Iraq has employed mock tanks, airplanes, bunkers and artillery. The preferred materials: plywood, aluminum and fiber glass. Among the Iraqis' possible suppliers was a French company, Lancelin-Barracuda, and an Italian competitor, M.V.M. A U.S. Defense Department official says Baghdad is even hiding missiles in "portable mosques sized to the task of concealment." In addition to deploying decoys, the Iraqis are painting craters onto repaired airfields so allied bombers won't retarget them. They may also be fixing...