Scud (disambiguation)
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Scud
is the popularized term for a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Scud may also refer to:
Scud
Scud is a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and exported widely to other countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies...
is the popularized term for a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Scud may also refer to:
- Scud (animal) - a shrimplike aquatic crustacean
- SCUD - a disease found in turtles
- Scud (cloud)Scud (cloud)Scud clouds, a type of fractus cloud, are low, detached, irregular clouds found beneath nimbostratus or cumulonimbus clouds. These clouds are often ragged or wispy in appearance. When caught in the outflow beneath a thunderstorm, scud clouds will often move faster than the storm clouds themselves...
- low, detached clouds - Scud runningScud runningIn general aviation, scud running is a practice in which pilots lower their altitude to avoid clouds or Instrument meteorological conditions . The goal of scud running is to stay clear of weather to continue flying with visual, rather than instrument, references...
- an aviation term - Scud (Nautical Term) : For a ship to run before a strong wind, carrying little or no sail.
- Scud Sailplane - a 1930s glider produced by Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes LtdAbbott-Baynes Sailplanes LtdAbbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd was a 1930s glider manufacturing company based at Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey. It was founded as a subsidiary of E. D. Abbott Ltd in 1931 by L. E. Baynes and E. D. Abbott to build the Scud, a glider designed by Baynes in 1930, the prototype of which was built by...
- Irn Bru, the Scottish soft drink, is referred to as "Scud" in some Scottish slang
- Scud Mountain BoysScud Mountain BoysScud Mountain Boys was an American alt-country band. Formed in 1991 in Northampton, Massachusetts, it comprised Joe Pernice, Stephen Desaulniers, Bruce Tull and Tom Shea. Stephen Desaulniers left the band and was replaced by Frank Padellaro in Oct. 1996....
- American country music band - Scud Race (Sega Super GT in North America) - an arcade racing game by Sega
- Scud: The Disposable AssassinScud: The Disposable AssassinScud: The Disposable Assassin is a humorous, hyperkinetic science fiction comic by Rob Schrab about a world in which one can buy robot assassins out of vending machines, the most popular of which are intelligent robots that kill a specified target and then self-destruct.The protagonist of the...
- science fiction comic book - Scud: The Disposable Assassin - A video game for the Sega SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
- 'Scud FM' - BBC Radio 4 continuous Gulf War news service
People named Scud
- Scud (film producer/writer)Scud (film producer/writer)Scud is the working name of Hong Kong Chinese film producer, screenwriter and now film director, Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung . He says that he chose the name 'Scud' to match his Chinese name, which translates in English as 'Scudding Clouds'. He was born in mainland China on March 20th, 1967, during the...
- the stage name of director Danny Cheng Wan Cheung - Arthur KentArthur KentArthur Kent is a Canadian television journalist. He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Stud"...
- Canadian journalist for NBC nicknamed The Scud Stud - Rageh OmaarRageh OmaarRageh Omaar , is a Somali born British journalist and writer. His latest book Only Half of Me deals with the tensions between these two sides of his identity. He used to be a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq...
- Somali-born journalist for the BBC nicknamed The Scud Stud - DJ ScudDJ ScudDJ Scud is an alias of South London breakcore producer and DJ Toby Reynolds. In 1997 he started the influential breakcore record label Ambush records...
- English DJ - Mark PhilippoussisMark PhilippoussisMark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....
- Australian tennis player nicknamed Scud - Scud in Blade IIBlade IIBlade II is a 2002 superhero vampire film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Blade. It is the sequel of the Blade film series. It was written by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the previous film...
played by Norman ReedusNorman ReedusNorman Mark Reedus is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal as Murphy MacManus in the 1999 film The Boondock Saints as well as its 2009 sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day and for the character of Daryl Dixon in the AMC television series The Walking Dead... - Scud is Sid's dog in Toy StoryToy StoryToy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...