Scud

  Taepodong 2 Multi-stage ballistic missile. First stage is 18 m long, second is 14 m long....more.
Wasserfall German surface-to-air missile, tested during World War II, but never operational. Single stage vehicle, V-2 configuration. Copied in the USA as the Hermes and in...more.
  Hermes C1 The Hermes C1 was a clustered-engine intercontinental ballistic missile proposed by General Electric in June 1946. It was eventually down-scoped to a single-engine...more.
  Hermes Hermes was a major US Army project to implement German rocket technology after World War II. Development started in 1944 with award to General Electric as the prime...more.
Hermes A-1 The Army Hermes A-1 single stage test rocket was an American version of the German Wasserfall anti-aircraft rocket....more.
  Hermes A-2 The Army Hermes A-2 single stage test rocket proved the technology of large solid rocket motors as developed by H L Thackwell at Thiokol. But the Army preferred...more.
R-11 First Russian ballistic missile using storable propellants. Enlargement/elaboration of German Wasserfall SAM. Developed by Korolev OKB, then Makeyev OKB spun off...more.
Hermes A-3 Prototype of a single-stage liquid propellant tactical Army missile. Two versions test flown but abandoned in favour of the Redstone in-house design....more.
R-11FM First Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. Range 150 km with 967 kg warhead. Accuracy 1.5 km in range, 0.75 km lateral. Following protracted testing the...more.
R-17 The final refinement of the R-11 design, the R-17, was exported and became infamous around the world as the Scud. Perhaps the most famous ballistic missile of the...more.
Hwasong Single stage tactical ballistic missile. Derived from Russian 9K72 Elbrus (SS-1c Scud B). The Hwasong 5-derivative has a 340 km range. The Hwasong 6-derivative has a 500 km range....more.
Tamouz Iraqi space launch vehicle/ICBM based on clustering of Scud tactical missiles. Canadian rocket scientist Gerald Bull was allegedly killed by Israeli agents not...more.
  Nodong 1 Single stage vehicle, basis for Iranian Shahab 3 and Pakistani Ghauri....more.
  I-Scud ...more.
Iskander New Russian tactical ballistic missile, conceived as a follow-on to the Scud. First fired on 25 October 1995....more.
  Ghauri Derivative of North Korean No Dong. First fired April, 1998. Payload is about 700 kg. Managed by A Q Khan Research Laboratories....more.
Shahab 3 Iranian derivative of North Korean No Dong 1 intermediate range ballistic missile, evolved incrementally with Russian assistance into a longer-range missile and...more.
Taepodong 1 North Korean satellite launch vehicle consisted of a No-Dong 1 IRBM as the first stage, and a derivative of the Scud-C SRBM as the second stage. The third stage...more.
Shahab SLV It had originally been claimed by Ali Shamkharni, the Iranian Minister of Defence, that the Iranian Shahab-4 missile would be used as a satellite launcher. The...more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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