[4] In 1984/1985 Iraq entered in a program with Argentina and Egypt to develop a high-technology two-stage ballistic missile system of approximately 1000 km based on the Pershing II ballistic missile which would be called Condor-II in Argentina, BADR-2000 in Iraq.
[1] Argentina would develop the missile while Egypt would help in procuring new technology and Iraq would finance the project.
[3] The project was supposed to be carried out in close collaboration with the Arab League Industrial Development Organisation (ALIDO) centered in Baghdad.
[2] Since the project was mostly covert and Iraq itself lacked the production facilities, program progress was slow.
[1] Thrust vectoring for missile control in pitch and yaw for this stage was provided by a flexible joint nozzle with Hydraulic cylinders by stored and pressurized Helium.
At the sustainer phase the roll axis would be controlled by cold gas thruster systems located in the reentry vehicle.
[citation needed] Iraq would later use the technology used in Badr-2000 for the single-stage Short-range "Badr-2000 Junior" (Ababil-100 which is also called al Fat'h) which lacked the flexible joint nozzle.