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See also pages that link to Soviet support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War or to this page.

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=Parent topics

• Iran [r]: Country in the Middle East. [e]
• Iraq [r]: Country in the Middle East, currently transitioning from rule by the US. [e]
• Iran-Iraq War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Soviet Union [r]: A Communist state, which took over the Russian Empire, after the Russian Revolution of 1917 that existed from 1922 to 1991; the major part now extant as the Russian Federation [e]

Subtopics

• MiG-29 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radar, BAR LOCK [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radar, FLAT FACE [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radar, SPOON REST [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radar, SQUAT EYE [r]: Add brief definition or description
• S-75 Dvina [r]: S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems were the first Soviet air defense missiles in wide deployment. Their NATO reporting designation was SA-2 GUIDELINE. [e]
• SA-2 GUIDELINE [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SA-3 GOA [r]: Second-generation, generally obsolete, Soviet surface-to-air missile; encountered during the Gulf War [e]
• SA-5 GAMMON [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SA-6 GAINFUL [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SS-1 SCUD [r]: A Soviet-designed short range and inaccurate ballistic missile, a near-copy of the Second World War V-2 missile, that was widely exported, copied, employed as a base for new development, and used in combat by Iraq [e]

Other related topics

• French support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Soviet support for Iran during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Soviet efforts to maintain a positive relationship during and after the Iran-Iraq War; they regarded Iran as more strategically important than Iraq [e]