[citation needed] The rocket engine evolved from the S-75 Dvina design and the thrust vector controls from the Scud.

The system also included an Iraqi-designed mobile launcher similar to the Al-Nida, built for the missile Al Hussein,[4] produced by the Iraqi company Al-Fida.

[citation needed] The guidance package was assembled by cannibalizing gyroscopes from the Chinese Silkworm cruise missile.

[citation needed] A source is cited as claiming that there were inertial and even GPS guidance systems illegally imported from Belarus, but these allegations have not been confirmed.

[citation needed] American forces found a cache of 12 Al Samoud missiles south of Baiji on July 21, 2003.