They have been searching in Iraq for the past nine years, 10 months and 15 days.

Today, the hard work finally paid off as soldiers found one of those elusive ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that Saddam Hussein was supposed to have been hiding.

So is it all round to Tony Blair’s house for celebratory drinks?

Afraid not…

It appears to be a Silkworm or Seersucker anti ship missile, a Chinese made derivative of the Russian P15 Termit missile , although they have been used in the surface to surface role the missile itself is relatively simple and only has a high explosive warhead. It is difficult to make out the exact model from the picture but the damage would indicate being treated very roughly. The graffiti is in the under body slot where the booster rocket would be, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding its discovery.

Image Credits: Unknown Source, all rights acknowledged