Egypt launched three Scud missiles against Israel on 22 October 1973, in the midst of the Yom Kippur War. One of the missiles was fired at Arish and the others at the Israeli bridgehead on the western
Egyptian personnel setting up a Scud missile
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A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second and Third World countries. The term comes from
October 22 Scud missile attack
…Egypt launched three Scud missiles against Israel on 22 October 1973, in the midst of the Yom Kippur War. One of the missiles was fired at Arish and the others at the Israeli bridgehead…
Scud launcher, picture taken at RAF Spadeadam, England
MAZ-543 (9P117) Launcher with 8K14 rocket of 9K72 missile complex "Elbrus" (Scud B), Saint-Petersburg Artillery Museum, Russia. (2007)
The rear section of an 8K14 missile, displayed at the Poznan Museum of Armaments - pl:Muzeum Uzbrojenia w Poznaniu, Poland. The fixed fins and the graphite vanes that control the missile's path can be seen
An R-17 on a reload transport trailer with a ZIL-131 tractor, Tolyatti Technical Museum, Tolyatti, Russia (2010)