Al Hussein
Al Abbas
Al Hussein |
Al Abbas |
Improved Scud Missiles. Al Hussein was used in
large quantities in both Gulf wars.It has a range of 600 km. Possibly some are still
available. Al Hiyarah was a version of the Al Hussein missile with special warheads - one
version for poison gas and one with a concrete warhead (possibly against hardened targets
like nuclear power plants). At least one of the last version has been launched againts
Israel in the second gulf war in 1992. Al Abbas was a stretched version with a range of
750 km. Only one prototype had been launched in 1988. It was expected, that the iraqi
arsenal of Scud missiles ws around 20 befor the third Gulf war.
| Launch Vehicle | Stage 1 |
|---|---|
| Al Hussein (Scud-B) | R-17 / ? |
| Al Hiyarah (Scud-B) | R-17 / ? |
| Al Abbas (Scud-C) | stretched R-17 / ? |
Last update: 27.09.2009
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