Editing Al-Samoud 2 (section)

== Banned by the UN ==
[[Image:Al-Samoud-Fired.jpg|thumb|200px|A test-launch of an Al Samoud, ''circa'' 1997]]
On February 13, 2003, a [[UN]] panel reported that Iraq's Al-Samoud 2 missiles, disclosed by Iraq to weapons inspectors in December, have a range of [[1 E5 m|180 km]], in breach of [[UNSCR 1441]]. The limit allowed by the UN is 150&nbsp;km.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

Iraq agreed to destroy the Al-Samoud 2 long range missiles, and by mid-March 2003, a number had been destroyed. Although [[UNMOVIC]] ordered to stop its production, Iraq assembled some 20 missiles during the early months of 2003.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

American forces found a cache of 12 Al Samoud missiles south of [[Baiji, Iraq|Baiji]] on July 21, 2003.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}