Other Names: Sa'ad 13
Location: Al-Dour, Salah Al-Din governate, approximately 130km NW of Baghdad
Subordinate to: Military Industrialization Commission
Primary Function: Electronics production and repair; PCBs, mechanical parts, and electronic assemblies for Ababil-50 and Al-Samoud

Description:
The factory occupied a rather small site with some ten buildings; it was built and furnished by Thomson/CSF (France) to license produce communications equipment for military and civilian use, as well as the Tiger radar. The factory was commissioned in 1987; ultimately, not all the equipment was delivered. Prior to the Gulf War, Sa'ad 13 was tasked with printing PC boards for the Ababil-50 proximity fuze, although the order was never completed. It also produced a timer to substitute for the mechanical flight timer (PIGA) in the Scud, designed a charge generator and timer for the warhead detonation device, and repaired control panels for machine tools used in the nuclear program. It was bombed heavily during Desert Storm.

After the war, the name was changed to Salah Al-Din Establishment and, among its other activities, the factory repaired electronic hardware from damaged military equipment (tanks, APCs, etc.). It also produced aluminum mechanical parts for the Al-Samoud and PCBs for the flight computer. The plant employed some 2,500 people, of which perhaps 100 were engineers.

Key Sources: UN Inspection Data.

	Updated October 2003