scud
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Hunting enemy missiles was a major challenge for the U.S. in its 1991 war with Iraq as many of the Scud missiles the Iraqis used were mobile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
That engine is seen by some experts as derived from the Soviet RD-250 family of engines, while the earlier Unha space launcher used clusters of engines derived from Scud missiles.
From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023
Patriots were used against Iraq's Russian-made Scud missiles during the first Gulf War and have been continuously developed since by Raytheon Technologies.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022
During the gulf war, military officials said the system intercepted all but two Iraqi Scud missiles.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022
We cheat him of our part of the just results of his lifetime's labor, and he flings back at us his anathema in the form of a "Flying Scud."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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Beowulf
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