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RS-24 Yarslarger figure on 2 of 2
Scud missilelarger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source22,500 mm[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | RS-24 Yars | Scud missile |
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| Type | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile[source] | SRBM[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2010–present[source] | 1957–present (Scud A) 1964–present (Scud B) 1965–present (Scud C) 1989–present (Scud D)[source] |
| Used by | Russian Strategic Missile Troops[source] | see Operators |
11.25 m (36.9 ft)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source11,000 km (6,800 mi) - 12,000 km (7,500 mi)[source]
Operational; Scud A
Single sourceOperational; Scud B
Single sourceOperational; Scud C
Single sourceOperational; Scud D
Single source180 km (110 mi) Scud A 300 km (190 mi) Scud B 600 km (370 mi) Scud C 700 km (430 mi) Scud D[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant[source] | OKB Makeïev[source] |
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| Produced | 2009[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 3 x 200 kiloton MIRV warheads[source] | Conventional high-explosive, fragmentation, chemical VX warhead, thermonuclear[source] |
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| Engine | Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket[source] | Single-stage liquid-fuel[source] |
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| Guidance system | Inertial with Glonass[source] | Inertial guidance , Scud-D adds DSMAC terminal guidance[source] |
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| Launch platform | Silo , road-mobile TEL MZKT-79221[source] | MAZ-543 Mobile Launcher[source] |
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| Wars | — | Yom Kippur War , Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) , Yemeni Civil War (1994) , First Chechen War , Second Chechen War , Libyan Civil War , Syrian Civil War , Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) , Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen , Second Nagorno-Karabakh War , 2026 Iran war[source] |
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| Designed | — | From 1950[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) Scud A 450 m (1,480 ft) Scud B 700 m (2,300 ft) Scud C 50 m (160 ft) Scud D[source] |
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