R-17

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R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B."

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Generate an image of R-17 (R-17 is the Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missile better known in the West by its NATO reporting name "Scud-B.")

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Label Occurrences
R-17 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf short-range ballistic missile ⓘ
tactical ballistic missile ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
deploymentMode road-mobile ⓘ
transporter-erector-launcher-based ⓘ
designer Soviet design bureaus ⓘ
diameter approximately 0.88 m ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
exportedTo Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
famousFor being known in the West as Scud-B ⓘ
extensive use by Iraq during the Gulf War ⓘ
fuel kerosene-based fuel ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
launchPlatform MAZ-543 transporter-erector-launcher ⓘ
launchWeight approximately 5,900 kg ⓘ
length approximately 11.2 m ⓘ
NATOReportingName Scud-B ⓘ
linked to: Scud missiles
notableFeature basis for many foreign derivatives and copies ⓘ
widely exported outside the Soviet Union ⓘ
operationalStatus largely obsolete ⓘ
operationalUse theater-level strike missions ⓘ
oxidizer inhibited red fuming nitric acid ⓘ
partOfSeries Scud missile family ⓘ
linked to: Scud missiles
predecessor R-11 ⓘ
propellantType liquid fuel ⓘ
range approximately 300 km ⓘ
role battlefield support ⓘ
strategic harassment of rear-area targets ⓘ
serviceEntry 1960s ⓘ
usedBy Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ
Iranian Armed Forces ⓘ
Iraqi Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi Army

Libyan Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Libyan Army

North Korean Armed Forces ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces

Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
warheadType chemical warhead (capable) ⓘ
high-explosive warhead ⓘ
nuclear warhead (capable) ⓘ
warheadWeight approximately 985 kg ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scud missile → SovietDesignation → R-17 ⓘ
subject linked to: Scud missiles