Scud was first deployed by the Soviets in the mid-1960s. The missile was originally designed to carry a 100-kiloton nuclear warhead or a 2, 000 pound conventional warhead, with ranges from 100 to 180 miles. Its principal threat was its warhead potential to hold chemical or biological agents. It is directly descended from the German V-2. Its warhead is permanently attached to the missile body and ...

FAS | Nuke | Guide | Russia | Theater |||| Index | Search | Join FAS R-11 / SS-1B SCUD-A R-300 9K72 Elbrus / SS-1C SCUD-B The Scud is a mobile, Russian-made, short-range, tactical ballistic surface-to-surface (hence the nomenclature abbreviation SS) missile system. The SCUD-series guided missiles are single-stage, short-range ballistic missiles using storable liquid propellants. The Scud is ...

Information Paper Iraq's Scud Ballistic Missiles Released July 25, 2000 Information Papers are reports of what we know today about military equipment and/or procedures used in the 1990-1991 Gulf War. This particular information paper on Iraq's Scud ballistic missiles is not an investigative report, but is meant to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the characteristics, ...

DEFENCE NOTES The Scud Missile Syndrome Columnist Col (Retd) EAS BOKHARI discusses the various aspects of the Russian SCUD missile I have somewhat deliberately chosen the Scud missile for this presentation for its notoriety, waywardness in accuracy yet at the same time being the forerunner of many a missile in the Third World. Scud B/C are older Soviet missiles with range upto 1000 Km - but some ...