OPERATIONAL NOTES
On Oct. 21, 1999, U.S. satellites, reportedly belonging to the Defense Support Program , tracked two SRBMs launched from the Russian city of Mozdok. The missiles made an impact approximately 60 mi (97 km) northeast of Grozny, hitting a crowded marketplace and a maternity ward. Reports from the regio n indicated that 143 people were killed in the attack. Intelligence analysts believed the missiles were SS-21 Scarabs.
The U.S. Navy has allocated $30 million to study how to modify the RIM-67 Standard Missile 2 (Block 4) to intercept SRBMs such as the Scud-B/Scud-C and SS-21.
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