A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second...
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precise bombings. The role of Iraq's Scud missiles featured prominently in the war. Scud is a tactical ballistic missile that the Soviet Union developed and...
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January 1991, Iraq initiated a missile campaign against Israel. Over the course of the next month, approximately 42 Scud missiles were fired into Israeli territory...
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The Afghan SCUD campaign in Pakistan refers to multiple strikes by Afghanistan using SCUD missiles supplied by the Soviet Union against the Mujahideen...
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R-17 Elbrus (redirect from Scud B)
ballistic missile, initially developed by the Soviet Union. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1C Scud-B. It is one of several Soviet missiles to...
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Bora (missile) (Tactical Ballistic Missile) Tayfun (missile) (Short-Range Ballistic Missile) J-600T Yıldırım Fateh-313 Raad-500 (missile) Scud missile 9K720...
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October 22 Scud missile attack, which took place in the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, was the first operational use of Scud missiles in the world...
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MIM-104 Patriot (redirect from Scud buster)
Scientists. Apple, R. W. Jr. (February 26, 1991). "War In The Gulf: Scud Attack; Scud Missile Hits a U.S. Barracks, Killing 27". The New York Times. Archived...
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romanized: al-Ḥusayn) was a short-range ballistic missile developed in Ba'athist Iraq. An upgraded version of Scud missile, the al-Husayn was widely used by the Iraqi...
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Bora (missile) (Tactical Ballistic Missile) Cenk (missile) (Medium-Range Ballistic Missile) J-600T Yıldırım Fateh-313 Raad-500 (missile) Scud missile 9K720...
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January and 26 February 1991, Ba'athist Iraq launched 46 al-Husayn Scud missiles against Saudi Arabian and American military targets in Dhahran and the...
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destroying multiple armed Scud launchers in Kabul. From 1989 to 1991, it is reported the 99th Missile Brigade launched 1,548 Scud Missiles. In the same year,...
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Burkan-1 (category Scud missiles)
Burqan 1) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile used by the Houthis in Yemen. It is related to the Scud missile family. Houthi forces unveiled the Burkan-1...
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KrAZ trucks with S-200 missiles in Ukraine S-75 Dvina missile on a ZIL-131 truck of the East German Army MAZ-7310 with Scud missile of the Afghan National...
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Hwasong-6 (category Scud missiles)
ballistic missile. It is derived from the Hwasong-5, itself a derivative of the Soviet R-17 Elbrus. It carries the NATO reporting name Scud. Work on an...
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R-11 Zemlya (redirect from R-11 (missile))
tactical ballistic missile. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1b Scud-A. It was the first of several similar Soviet missiles to be given the...
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Burkan-2 (redirect from Burkan-2 missile)
ballistic missile used by the Houthis militants in Yemen. The Volcano H-2 was first launched in July 2017. It is related to the Scud missile family. The...
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was a Scud missile derivative. The Scud missiles obtained by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War did not prove helpful as the range of the missiles were only...
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anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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cities. Instead, they launched Scud missiles, which the Iranians could not stop. Since the range of the Scud missile was too short to reach Tehran, they...
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9K720 Iskander (redirect from Iskander missile)
road-mobile Iskander was the second attempt by Russia to replace the Scud missile. The first attempt, the OTR-23 Oka, was eliminated under the INF Treaty...
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ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about 1,000 km (620 mi) or less. In past and potential regional conflicts, these missiles have...
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an observation post (OP), and monitoring enemy movements, especially Scud missile launchers: 15 on the Iraqi Main Supply Route (MSR) between Baghdad and...
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Armenian armed forces in Berd, Armenia, had fired upon Ganja with a Scud missile; the missile hit an apartment building, completely destroying it. Search and...
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was used as a component in the German Wasserfall rocket. The Soviet Scud missile used TONKA-250, a mixture of 50% xylidine and 50% triethylamine as a...
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is used). In 1995, it was the first system to destroy a R-17 Elbrus Scud missile in the air. China is to test the S-300PMU2's effectiveness in destroying...
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The Namp'o Kangsŏ Missile Factory (North Korean 남포시강서구역미싸일공장, South Korean 남포시강서구역미사일공장) is a factory reportedly manufacturing the Scud and Taepodong-2...
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Korean People's Army Strategic Force (redirect from Missile guidance bureau)
late-1970s or early-1980s, North Korea received R-17 Elbrus (Scud-B) ballistic missiles from Egypt. The Hwasong-5 was based on reverse engineering the...
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TM-91C target missile simulating a "Scud" missile, launched on a very steep trajectory from a ship located offshore. The IAI TM-91C target missile was itself...
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Shahab-1 (category Scud missiles)
between 1985 and 1988. Iran's Shahab-1 is a short-range ballistic missile derived from the Scud-B, and has a maximum range of 300 km (185 miles). Iran employed...
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