The original Soviet-era missiles performed poorly in accuracy tests, but Iraqi modifications made them far worse.

James Miles examines the tail section of a Scud missile shot down by a MIM-104C Patriot missile during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force) Iraq's Scud Missiles Were Meant to Split the ...

It played an important role in the large-scale destruction of Iraqi military bases ... range and trajectory. Ballistic missiles such as the Scud can cover a greater distance at higher speeds ...

It is unlikely that Iraq could have destroyed, hidden, or sent out of the country the hundreds of tons of chemical and biological weapons, dozens of Scud missiles and facilities engaged in the ...

The Israelis soured on the Patriot after their early version failed to defeat Scud missiles fired by Iraq in 1991. Later upgrades would transform Patriot into a critical defensive asset for ...

The test was announced on... Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Scud missile, while never firing a shot in anger in the Cold War it was designed for, ironically went on to become a major ...

surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of traveling no more than 210 kilometers — and are markedly more accurate than the larger, older, Scud missile variants also used by Assad’s regime. Some ...

Israel designed the Black Sparrow to simulate Scud missiles, like the ones Iraq fired at Israeli cities in 1991, and the Blue Sparrow to replicate Iranian Shahab missiles. So, if used in actual ...

That water purification unit saw 13 members killed and 43 others wounded on Feb. 25, 1991, when an Iraqi Scud missile struck their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where they’s been deployed ...