Re: Missile

["Mike Yared" <mikeyared@hotmail.com>]

Joe,
Thanks for the clarification.
A coincidence you mentioned Steve.
I emailed him a Scud bibliography 2-3 years ago:
Here it is:
Scud missile
Most are on the web (some at stinet.dtic.mil)

Greenwald, Bryon E.
Scud alert! The history, development and military significance of ballistic 
missiles on tactical operations.
The Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army,  1995.

Crossbow and Gulf War Counter-Scud Efforts. Lessons from History
Kipphut, Mark E.
Air War College

Lenhart, Warren W.
Persian Gulf War: Iraqi scud ballistic missile systems.
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1991.

Lewis, George N.
Casualties and damage from Scud attacks in the 1991 Gulf War.
Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, Center for International Studies, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993.

Navias, Martin S.
Saddam's Scud war and ballistic missile proliferation.
Brassey's for the Centre for Defence Studies, 1991.

Ripley, Tim.
Scud hunting: counter-force operations against theatre ballistic missiles.
Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, Lancaster University, 
1996.

Wirtz, James J.
Counterforce and theater missile defense: can the Army use an ASW approach 
to the Scud hunt?.
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1995.

two new are:
http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Delta_Force/scuds.html
and
http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/SCUD_Hunt/default.htm



>From: "Joseph S. Bermudez Jr." <jbermudez@qwest.net>
>Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>Subject: Re: Missile
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:14:38 -0600
>
>Mike,
>
>At the unclassified level there is considerable confusion regarding the
>naming of the DPRK¹s ballistic missiles. Defectors have provided
>considerably different accounts of the DPRK¹s naming conventions. I have
>been told that the Hwasong [Mars] 5 = Scud B and the Hwasong 6 = Scud C. I
>have also read what Ms. Kim has stated previously (e.g., Hwasong 1 = Scud B
>.... Hwasong 6 = Taepodong) which is recounted in the article you posted.
>This is further confused by other defectors who state that the Hwasong 7 =
>SA-7, and that the DPRK¹s ballistic missiles include the Hwasong 1 and 2 as
>well as the Moksong [Jupiter] 1 and 2. Still another defector identifies 
>the
>Hwasong 1, 2, and 3 as surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and
>air-to-surface missiles respectively. Finally, last year the DPRK 
>officially
>stated that the missile that launched their first satellite - 
>Kwangmyongsong
>1 [Bright Lodestar] - in August 1998 was the Paektu-san 1 [a famous 
>mountain
>on the DPRK-PRC border] while the US/West calls it  the Taepodong, 
>Taepodong
>1, or Taepodong 1 SLV.
>
>I think that we¹ll simply have to wait until there is more information, of 
>a
>reliable nature, before we can really nail up the names. Look how long it
>took Steve Zaloga to work out the naming and designation details for the
>Soviet missile programs. BTW his latest book The Kremlin¹s Nuclear Sword is
>great.
>
>DISCLAIMER: Steve and I have been friends since our high school days. We 
>are
>also co-authors ­ with Cookie ­ of a forthcoming history of the Scud. :-)
>
>Regards,
>Joe


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