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| Keywords: Scud Launcher.jpg Scud Launcher http //www defenselink mil/photos/May1997/970426-N-5121B-002 html Members of the opposing forces provide a strong sense of reality for Exercise Roving Sands '97 participants as they set up a SCUD missile site at Roswell N M on April 26 1997 More than 20 000 service members from all branches of the armed forces of the U S Canada Germany and the Netherlands are participating in Exercise Roving Sands '97 The exercise is designed to refine their skills in operations using an integrated air defense network of ground missile and radar early warning systems combined with tactical fighter and bomber aircraft operating in a simulated high-threat environment DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Batiz U S Navy According to http //sill-www army mil/FAMAG/1998/JAN_FEB_1998/JAN_FEB_1998_PAGES_15 pdf this article Roving Sands saw six of the US Army's 29 Scud launchers being used for four weeks supported by six ZIL-131 trucks They were operated by the 1st Battalion 12th Field Artillery Multiple-Launch Rocket System 17th Field Artillery Brigade Fort Sill Oklahoma 970426-N-5121B-002 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Roswell New Mexico 9P117 New Mexico in the 1990s Military in New Mexico Roving Sands 1997 | ||||
