The Scud missile is a direct product of captured wartime German missile technology. Soviet experiments with the Nazi-developed V-2 missile led to a ten-year development effort that culminated in ...

The R-11M was eventually nicknamed “Scud” by NATO, and as subsequent versions emerged became known as Scud-A. The Scud-A’s short range made it a tactical nuclear delivery system.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Scud missiles were shipped in large numbers to the Soviet Union’s international partners and recipients of military assistance: Around 1,000 missiles were sold to ...

That's the verdict of the White House spokesman Jay Carney to reports that Syrian government forces have fired more than a dozen Scud-type missiles from the Damascus area into northern Syria.