A Frog (Free
Rocket Over Ground) is also another one of those
Soviet-era
weapons systems that you find scattered throughout the
developing world. It has currently come back to the
headlines from its use against
Coalition forces during the
Second Gulf War. Countries fielding this rocket include
Cuba,
Egypt,
Iraq,
Libya,
North Korea,
Syria, and
Yemen.
The Frog-7 is the Scud's little brother, a short-range battlefield artillery rocket a little less than 7 meters long (roughly 21 feet) with a range of 70 kilometers (about 43.5 miles) and a payload of roughly 500 kilos (a little over 1,100 lbs.) It was first fielded in 1965, and is still used in Russia as a training weapon and for sale to aforementioned developing countries.It can carry a high explosive, nuclear, or chemical warhead.
It is a highly mobile system, mounted on an 8x8-wheel truck carrier/erector/launcher a little over 10 meters long. It can be prepared to launch from travel position in less than 10 minutes.