R-17 Elbrus (Iraqi Army)
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Scala:: 1:72
Stato:: Idee

R-17 Elbrus
NATO: SS-1 Scud-B
Operator: Iraqi Army
Location: No-fly/No-drive Zones
Timeframe: 1996

Personal interest:
Iraq had a history of manufacturing ballistic missile warheads that dispense chemical weapons since the Iran-Iraq War. Because it was unclear if Iraq intended to use these weapons of mass destruction on coalition forces or Shi'ite rebels, the UN expanded the no-fly zone to a no-drive zone in which the mobile rockets were forbidden. If these weapons entered the no-drive zone, they were subject to airstrikes flown out of Kuwait's Al-Jaber airbase.