[Tommyjo]

The APHID is an air-air-missile and exported to nations in their thousands. It was perfectly legal for Iraq to possess them. Think depleted uranium armour piercing rounds used in tank warfare. The APHID is small and short-ranged and was designed to pack a punch on proxmity / contact with an aerial target. That aerial target could have been a fighter or helicopter. The APHID was a standard weapon in the Iraqi arsenal and known about since their delivery. The APHID along with the ATOLL (essentially Soviet SIDEWINDER) was exported in their thousands to MiG operators world-wide.

[HenryLeeII]

Thank you for the info. I'm not doubting what you say, but is the APHID specifically mentioned in the 1991 cease fire agreements or subsequent UN agreements as being legal for Hussein to possess? It seems that with the constant shooting at Coalition aircraft that was going on for years in the No Fly Zones that this type of armament would have been banned, no?