R-11 Scud reference card · ARC Warning Reference card
R-11 Scud Short-range ballistic missile family. This card repeats the CSIS Missile Threat at-a-glance table for the R-11 (SS-1) Scud.
These cards are encyclopedic. They are not targeting, manufacturing, or acquisition guidance. A field says unknown/disputed when the cited open source does not state it. ARC Warning is not an emergency service.
Catalog revised 2026-10-11 . Also known as Scud.
Published description Names, aliases, and NATO designation R-11, also called SS-1 Scud. CSIS lists 8A61, 8K11, and 8K14 among the alternate names. Confidence: high. The cited page states this. This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Manufacturer and country Not stated on the cited CSIS page. Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Operators CSIS lists Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Libya, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Soviet Union, Syria, the UAE, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Yemen. Confidence: high. The cited page states this. This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Guidance Not stated on the cited CSIS page. Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Published speed Not stated on the cited CSIS page. Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Warhead type and weight Nuclear, chemical, or high explosive. Single warhead. Confidence: high. The cited page states this. This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Blast and fragmentation radius unknown/disputed Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The sources cited here give a warhead class or mass where they give one. They do not state a blast or fragmentation radius, and none is inferred. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Interceptability and countermeasures Not stated on the cited CSIS page. Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Reported unit cost Not stated on the cited CSIS page. Confidence: unknown. The cited page does not state this, so the card does not guess. The CSIS at-a-glance table does not give this figure, so none is added. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Service history Obsolete in Russia and operational in other states, as CSIS writes it. In service 1955-present. Confidence: high. The cited page states this. This repeats the CSIS at-a-glance table. It is not remeasured here. CSIS Missile Threat: R-11 (SS-1) "Scud" Media No official or public-domain embed is attached. Combat footage is not embedded on this card.
Seen in ARC Warning No approved ARC Warning record currently names this system.
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