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From: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Scud reload rate
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.042842.6907@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 04:28:42 GMT
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From: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
In article <1991Jan22.020853.21552@cbnews.att.com> emery@aries.mitre.org (David Emery) writes:
>The Iraqui modifications are interesting.

Technically, the modifications were done by German and Brazilian engineers
hired by the Iraqis.

>Basically, they added range to conventional SCUD's by trading off payload
> and possibly reliability.

If by "reliability" you mean accuracy, I suspect this is due to the inaccuracy
inherent in the inertial guidance system used by the SCUD.  While adequate
for the initial 185 mile range, the inaccuracies mount with distance.

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