Editing Al-Samoud 2 (section)

== Development ==
The missile was essentially a scaled-down [[Scud]],{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} though parts were mostly derived from the Soviet [[S-75 Dvina]] surface-to-air missile. The first test-firing was carried out as early as 1997<ref name=Miller/> and was supervised by [[UNSCOM]].<ref>[http://www.iraqwatch.org/profiles/missile.html#prof Iraq's missile programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218050214/http://www.iraqwatch.org/profiles/missile.html |date=2015-02-18 }}</ref> The production started in 2001, and the goal was the assembly of ten missiles each month. The Al Samoud 2 was not fully operational by 2003, but some of them had been already delivered to the Iraqi army.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

=== Engine ===
The rocket engine evolved from the S-75 Dvina design and the thrust vector controls from the Scud.
The system also included an Iraqi-designed mobile launcher similar to the ''Al-Nida'', built for the missile [[Al Hussein (missile)|Al Hussein]],<ref>Cordesman, Anthony (2003). [http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/iraq_missilemystery.pdf ''The Great Iraqi Missile Mystery: The Military Importance of the Ababil, Al Samoud II, Al Fatah, Badr 2000, and Al Huysayn''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209162449/http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/iraq_missilemystery.pdf |date=2010-02-09 }}. [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], 25 February 2003</ref> produced by the Iraqi company Al-Fida.<ref>[https://www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/new/documents/baghdad_press_briefings/february/UNMOVIC%20IAEA%20on%20Inspections%2019%20Feb.pdf Unmovic - IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq, 19 February 2003]</ref>

=== Payload ===
The missile carried a 280 kilogram warhead that was half high explosives and half protective steel shell. The explosive charge weighed 140&nbsp;kg, made of a mixture of 84&nbsp;kg of [[RDX]]=60%, 42&nbsp;kg of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]]= 30% and 14&nbsp;kg of [[aluminium]]= 10%, the latter used as an energetic blast enhancer. The payload was also designed to upload different types of [[bomblets]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

=== Guidance ===
The guidance package was assembled by [[Cannibalization of machine parts|cannibalizing]] [[gyroscopes]] from the Chinese [[Silkworm missile|Silkworm]] [[cruise missile]].{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} A source is cited as claiming that there were inertial and even [[GPS]] guidance systems illegally imported from [[Belarus]], but these allegations have not been confirmed.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}