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Short-range ballistic missile
R-17 Elbrus is a short-range ballistic missile originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Votkinsk Machine Building Plant. Reported operators include Armenia, Egypt, North Korea, Syria, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, United States.
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Short-range ballistic missile
Soviet Union
1962−present
See operators
Yom Kippur War Iran-Iraq War Soviet-Afghan War Gulf war Yemeni civil war (1994) Libyan civil war Syrian civil war Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Viktor Makeyev
1958−1961
Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
US$1,000,000 (equivalent to US$ 2,722,285 in 2025)
1959 −1987
7,000−10,000 (est.)
See variants
5,682–5,950 kg (12,527–13,118 lb)
11.2−11.4 m (37 ft)
885 mm (34.8 in)
1,800 mm (71 in)
7
300 km (190 mi)
HE , cluster , chemical , nuclear
Isayev/KBKhM 9D21 liquid (missile) D-12-525A diesel (TEL)
440 mm (17 in)
TM-185 ( kerosene derivative) / AK-27I (27% N 2 O 4 73% HNO 3 )
450 km (280 mi) (full load)
45 km/h (28 mph)
450–900 m (490–980 yd) CEP
9P117M TEL
Armenia – 7+ launchers as of 2024
Egypt − 9 launchers as of 2024
North Korea − Produced locally as the Hwasong-5
Syria − Status unknown following the fall of the Assad regime
Turkmenistan − 16 launchers as of 2024
Vietnam
Afghanistan − The last 4 operational launchers were scrapped in 2005
Azerbaijan
Belarus − Scrapped
Czechoslovakia − Passed on to successor states
Czech Republic − Scrapped
Georgia
East Germany
Hungary − Scrapped
Iran − 20 missiles and 2 TELs supplied by Libya in 1982, Syrian R-17 and North Korean Hwasong-5 missiles were also used
Iraq − Includes local modifications: Al-Husayn , Al-Abbas , and Al Hijarah missiles
Kazakhstan
Libya
Poland − Scrapped
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Soviet Union − Passed on to successor states
Ukraine
Yemen − Pre-war stocks depleted during the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) . Most were converted into Burkan missiles by the Houthis
United States − 30 missiles and 4 TELs purchased in 1995, these missiles were converted into targets by Lockheed Martin
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R-17 Elbrus equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ArmeniaLower-bound count for Scud ( R-17 Elbrus ). Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 7+. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Egypt
Libya
North Korea
Syria
Turkmenistan
United States
VietnamArmenia, Egypt, North Korea, Syria, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, United States
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