Scuds are in the Syrian military's armoury, but Nato could not confirm the type of missile used.

BBC: Syria fires ballistic missile at rebels, Nato says

U.S. troops began arriving Friday to operate Patriot missile defense batteries, deployed to intercept any Scuds that might cross into Turkey from Syria.

CNN: Syrian rebel leader talks victory and squalor

Local reports suggest that Iraqi missiles, possibly Scuds, have been brought to within easy range of the main towns in the autonomous zone.

ECONOMIST: Preparations for war in northern Iraq

In the 1991 Gulf war, the failure to find Iraq's Scuds before they were shot off to Israel and Saudi Arabia was one of the few military failures of the campaign.

ECONOMIST: Drama and farce on the high seas

On Tuesday, Yediot Aharonot reported that Israeli analysts who reviewed videotapes of North Korea's missile tests concluded that alongside the various short range Scuds it sent over the Sea of Japan, Pyongyang also launched a Taeopodong-2 multi-stage long range missile capable of reaching Alaska.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Numbering the days of dictators

Then it was Scuds.

NEWYORKER: The Thin Red Line

When I fought in the Gulf War, the unit I was apart of had the mission to destroy the Iraqi scuds that were being fired into Israel in an attempt by Saddam Hussein to get an Israeli response, with the side effect of breaking up the Muslim alliance that we had during the Gulf War.

CNN: General David Grange: Military strategy in Afghanistan