Re: Hesbola rockets

--- Jerry Durand <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:
> 
> > I'm curious what kind of rockets are being used by Hesbola, anybody
> > have any info?
> 
> Modified Russian Katyusha.  From what I've seen, park truck, aim,  
> fire 40 rockets, drive off...all in under 5 minutes.

There are some larger missiles, particularly the Khaber 1, which has a
range of 100 km and a 100 kg warhead. Several of these were fired
today, including one which landed in the West Bank.

It has the Fajr-5 missile, with a range of 75 km, as well as the C-802,
which is a cheap chinese scale version of a Tomahawk. Iran 130 rockets
with ranges of 110 km, 355 mm and Shin missiles with ranges of 150 km.

The Katyusha carries a 45 kg warhead and a range of about 15-20 km. The
Katyusha's truck mounted multi-launcher was known in WWII as the
"Stalin Organ", given its set of launch tubes resembles a set of organ pipes.

Mike Lorrey
President, Lorrey Aerospace
http://www.lorrey.biz
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation
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