PICTURES
STATUS
Initial operational capability (IOC) in 1965. No longer in production.
BUILDER(S)
Makeyev OKB Design Bureau -- Russia
USERS/PLATFORMS
Afghanistan [N/A]
Belarus [60]
Egypt [9]
Iran [300] [Scud-B/C]
North Korea [N/A]
Russia [N/A]
Syria [18] [SS-1C Scud-B/SS-1D Scud-C]
Ukraine [72]
United Arab Emirates [6]
Yemen [6]
Vietnam [N/A]
CHARACTERISTICS
Scud-B Missile
WEIGHTS
Combat weight 13,889 lb (6,300 kg)
Warhead
nuclear 1,697-1,896 lb (770-860 kg)
conventional 2,100 lb (953 kg)
DIMENSIONS
Configuration Long cylinder with blunted conical
nose, 4 small tail fins
Length 36 ft 11 in (11.25 m)
Diameter 2 ft 11 in (0.88 m)
PROPULSION
Type Single-stage storable UDMH liquid
propellant with RFNA oxidizer
(Russian SG-02 Tonka 250)
PERFORMANCE
Speed
at motor cutoff 2,865 kts (3,300 mph; 5,310 kmh)
Mach 5
at impact >990 kts (1,140 mph; 1,835 kmh)
Mach 1.5
Range
Scud-B 162 nm (186 mi, 300 km)
Scud-C 310-324 nm (357-373 mi, 575-600km)
Pre-launch preparation 2-4 hours
Time into action 1 hour from pre-surveyed site
Warhead 5-80 kiloton nuclear
--or--
Conventional unitary blast fuel-air
explosive 40 runway-penetrator
sub-munitions with 410-ft (125-m)
total blast-damage radius
--or--
100 11-lb (5-kg) anti-personnel
bomblets with 820-ft (250-m) total
blast-damage radius
--or--
Chemical warhead
Circular Error Probable (CEP) 0.5 nm (900 m)
SENSORS/FIRE CONTROL
Guidance Simplified inertial guidance using
3 gyroscopes rocket steered by
small vanes on each fin extending
into efflux
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