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What (who) is SCUDS - definition
scud
![An R-17 on a reload transport trailer with a [[ZIL-131]] tractor, Tolyatti Technical Museum, [[Tolyatti]], Russia (2010)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2TZM-5306.JPG?width=200 "An R-17 on a reload transport trailer with a [[ZIL-131]] tractor, Tolyatti Technical Museum, [[Tolyatti]], Russia (2010)")
![[[MAZ-543]] (9P117) Launcher with 8K14 rocket of 9K72 missile complex "Elbrus" (Scud B), [[Saint-Petersburg Artillery Museum]], Russia. (2007)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9P117 9K72.jpg?width=200 "[[MAZ-543]] (9P117) Launcher with 8K14 rocket of 9K72 missile complex \"Elbrus\" (Scud B), [[Saint-Petersburg Artillery Museum]], Russia. (2007)")
![Damage from an Iraqi scud missile that hit [[Ramat Gan]], Israel, during the first Gulf War (26 January 1991)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Damage from an Iraqi Scud missile.jpg?width=200 "Damage from an Iraqi scud missile that hit [[Ramat Gan]], Israel, during the first Gulf War (26 January 1991)")
![Scud launcher of the [[Afghan National Army]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SCUD 2.JPG?width=200 "Scud launcher of the [[Afghan National Army]].")
![An [[opposing force]] Scud launcher in the United States.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scud Launcher.jpg?width=200 "An [[opposing force]] Scud launcher in the United States.")
![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](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wz8K14 RB3.jpg?width=200 "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")
TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FAMILY
Scud; R-300; R-300 Elbrus; SS-1b Scud; SS-1c Scud; SCUD missiles; SS-1; SS-1 Scud; SS-1c; SS-1C; Scuds; Scud missiles; SS-1 SCUD; Scud D; SCUD missile; SCUD; Scud Missile; R-1/8K11; SS-1b; R-17E; Scud C; Scud-C; Scud (missile family)
¦ verb (scuds, scudding, scudded) move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind.
¦ noun
1. chiefly literary clouds or spray driven fast by the wind.
a driving shower of rain.
the action of scudding.
2. (Scud or Scud missile) a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.
Origin
C16: perh. an alt. of scut1, reflecting the sense 'race like a hare'.
scud
TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FAMILY
Scud; R-300; R-300 Elbrus; SS-1b Scud; SS-1c Scud; SCUD missiles; SS-1; SS-1 Scud; SS-1c; SS-1C; Scuds; Scud missiles; SS-1 SCUD; Scud D; SCUD missile; SCUD; Scud Missile; R-1/8K11; SS-1b; R-17E; Scud C; Scud-C; Scud (missile family)
v. n.
1.
Flee, run, speed, trip, hie, post, scamper, haste, hasten, fly.
2.
(Naut.) Drive before a gale.
scud
TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FAMILY
Scud; R-300; R-300 Elbrus; SS-1b Scud; SS-1c Scud; SCUD missiles; SS-1; SS-1 Scud; SS-1c; SS-1C; Scuds; Scud missiles; SS-1 SCUD; Scud D; SCUD missile; SCUD; Scud Missile; R-1/8K11; SS-1b; R-17E; Scud C; Scud-C; Scud (missile family)
Archery expression for an arrow which flies high and wide of the mark, missing the target entirely.
First coined by an American Naval Officer and archer in connection to the Soviet-made missle when he observed an unsuccessful Soviet demonstration of the missle.
The weapon missed its target by a considerable margin.
The gentleman remarked What a scud!
The press was present and printed the word and it has been associated with the missle ever since.
The scud is a aptly named weapon as it is notoriously inaccurate.
First coined by an American Naval Officer and archer in connection to the Soviet-made missle when he observed an unsuccessful Soviet demonstration of the missle.
The weapon missed its target by a considerable margin.
The gentleman remarked What a scud!
The press was present and printed the word and it has been associated with the missle ever since.
The scud is a aptly named weapon as it is notoriously inaccurate.
Examples of use of SCUDS
1. They‘ve been building Scuds and so forth over the years.
2. SCUDs self–proclaimed leader, Yaya Dilo Djerou, has said the group numbers over 700.
3. It was only the cease–fire, a partial surrender by Iraq, that stopped the Scuds.
4. During the Gulf War, Iraq fired 3' old–fashioned Scuds with 250–kilogram warheads at Israel.
5. The type of missiles that are out there: Patriots and SCUDS and cruise missiles and Tomahawk missiles.