{"id":16948,"date":"2022-10-22T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=16948"},"modified":"2022-10-22T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:00:17","slug":"the-cias-assessment-of-the-threat-from-iraqi-uavs-march-3-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/the-cias-assessment-of-the-threat-from-iraqi-uavs-march-3-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA\u2019s Assessment of the Threat From Iraqi UAVs &#8211; March 3, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following document was referenced in <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=tds8Y8TTLZwC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Reports Nos. 330-331<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The excerpt is at:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM-450x349.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-22-2022-4-44-35-AM-600x466.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On January 20, 2020, The Black Vault filed a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request to have the record reviewed for release. The document, as of the writing of this article, does not appear to have ever been released before.<\/p>\n<p>On September 27, 2022, the CIA released the document, in part. You can find it below.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/cia\/EOM-2020-00253.pdf\">The CIA\u2019s assessment of the threat from Iraqi UAVs &#8211; March 3, 2003<\/a> [5 Pages, 1MB]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments2.theblackvault.com%2Fdocuments%2Fcia%2FEOM-2020-00253.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/cia\/EOM-2020-00253.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/cia\/EOM-2020-00253.pdf\" download>Download [1.01 MB] <\/a><\/p><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following document was referenced in Senate Reports Nos. 330-331. 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