Initial operating capability in 1965; has longer range, but is less accurate than Scud B and deployed in fewer numbers. Some remain in service in Russian ground forces. Believed to be the basis for North Korean production variant sold to Syria in March 1991. Syria and Iran were reported to be plann ing joint production of this variant; in March 1992, missile production facilities near Hamah and Aleppo were reported by the Washington Timesto be under construction. Egypt's Arab-British Dynamics Company (ABD) has reportedly received assistance from North Korea in building a factory to pr oduce Scud copies and upgraded designs. In 1992, British Aerospace was pressured by the British government to give up its 30 percent stake in ABD because of the latter's involvement in the Scud production project.
