Word: scunner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long Scud traces its lineage to a 1940s design for the V-2 rocket, which the Nazis propelled into London in the waning days of World War II. NATO dubbed it the SS-1A Scunner, code-named Scud for short. The Scud-A evolved into the larger and longer-range Scud-B. By the early 1980s, the Soviets had begun phasing out Scuds in favor of the more versatile SS-23 surface-to-surface missile. However, Moscow did not stop selling the old workhorse. As a Soviet client, Baghdad took deliveries of the ballistic missile and improved on its range...