Ballistic missile threat

Israel's first harsh experience of a ballistic missile threat was during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 when Egypt fired SS-1 Scud short range missiles at Israeli targets. The Scud, in the guise of the Iraqi Al Hussein, also featured prominently in the 1991 Gulf War, with numerous launches against ...

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