July 13, 2006
I'll update if it's confirmed.
OTOH, this site says that Hezbollah has an Iranian version of the Katyusha, called the Fahr-3, with a range of 45 kilometers, however the hell far that is. I don't *do* the metric system.
Okay, it's about 29 miles.
Update, Fox has a Breaking banner "Israel blasts main route between Beirut and Damascus."
Update, too: In The Bullpen shows us what we're missing.
UPDATE by Rusty: Hizbullah broadcast on one of their television stations today that they fired a "Raad 1" missile at Israel. The image below was captured from Hizbullah TV, as rebroadcast by YNET. (Hat tip: Drudge)
This, on the other hand, is a Katysha rocket. It can either be mounted on the back of a truck, or fired singly.
Rocket Jones adds this about the Katyusha:
It's not insignificant, but as weapons go it's not very large either. They are unguided, medium-range weapons (~12 miles), perfect for harrassment and interdiction fire (the Russians load them onto truck-mounted launchers and fire them in salvos of five to twenty or more.This is what Hizullah claimed:They can be purchased on the black market for about a thousand dollars each.
They can carry chemical weapons.
Cheap and simple weapons can be incredibly cost effective when their proper use is understood.
"That's the missile used by Hizbullah to respond to Israeli attack and to hit military strongholds of the Zionist enemy. The rocket is of 333 mm in diameter and has a warhead of 100 kilograms. Our fighters used it today when they attacked the military base in Har Meron which was severely damaged and set on fire."I had been under the impression that RAAD were longer range, guided missiles. Much bigger than what al Manor broadcast. Is that really an Iranian made RAAD missile? I dunno.
In any event, Hizbullah is claiming sole responsibility.
Updated by Vinnie: Hell if I know, according to my searches, the Iranian RAAD missile is a modified Silkworm cruise missile, with an 1100 lb warhead, far larger than the 100 kg warhead claimed by Hezbollah. Of course, Iran also has the RAAD anti-tank rocket, sort of like an RPG a TOW missile, and the RAAD self propelled artillery vehicle. Apparently, the Iranian military likes the name "raad," which means "thunder" and we're all a'scared of thunder.
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Posted by: Zionism Blows at July 13, 2006 07:05 PM (+nlyI)
Posted by: Vinnie, Editor In Chief Pro Tempore at July 13, 2006 07:12 PM (/qy9A)
Posted by: Some Dude at July 13, 2006 08:05 PM (llVQM)
"The rocket is of 333 mm in diameter and has a warhead of 100 kilograms."
Hokay. 13.11 inches across. The main guns on the USS Missouri were 16 inch guns. So you've got a 13+ inch missle being fired.
Hokay. 100 kilograms is 220 pounds. Now...how much weight is going to be used to provide lift for 220
pounds for 26-30 miles?
And now we find out that Hexbolla has 11,000 of these missles? Eleven thousand tons of ordnance...and the locals never knew?
Imagine living next to Dachau and having to say "we never knew".
No proportionality in response. Please...end this.
Posted by: OregonGuy at July 13, 2006 08:57 PM (czPiw)
They are and have been begging for war for years - and Israel is giving it to them.
Iran. Syria. Take note- you're next if you try anything (well, besides bankrolling and arming Hezbollah).
Wipe the motherf*ckers out. Now.
How's that, SomGuy and ZionismSucks?
Posted by: Good Lt at July 13, 2006 09:06 PM (jWYAe)
Posted by: Quilly_Mammoth at July 13, 2006 09:07 PM (oWHNz)
All Islamic fascist understands is force it's about time we show them the force that GOD has given us.
Allah is on our side Islam...Mohammed PBUH (Piss be upon him)
Love the Jawa report just thought is was time I put my 2 cents in!
IA out
Posted by: IA at July 13, 2006 09:39 PM (n90fZ)
I expect they have a better propellant than the black powder of the Hale's rocket, but need a solid propellant grain. Liquid propellants cause complex effects when you have a spinning rocket, with the CG changing as you burn fuel and oxidizer.
Posted by: Don Meaker at July 13, 2006 10:28 PM (hZT0l)
Posted by: Nuts to Islamic Fools at July 14, 2006 06:36 AM (bk84U)
Posted by: Some Dude at July 14, 2006 12:38 PM (llVQM)
You stupid Jerk: That's what we are saying. FREE IRAN.
Posted by: greyrooster at July 14, 2006 05:22 PM (pkrE/)
Posted by: Some Dude at July 15, 2006 11:11 AM (llVQM)
Have to think ahead in this business.
All-seeing-eyeidot couldn't see the end of his nose.
Outlaw Islam. Its people are stupid.
Posted by: greyrooster at July 16, 2006 05:32 PM (EJPUn)
Posted by: greyrooster at July 16, 2006 05:34 PM (EJPUn)
Posted by: greyrooster at July 16, 2006 05:40 PM (EJPUn)
Posted by: Some Dude at July 17, 2006 10:25 AM (llVQM)
Posted by: ahmed at July 18, 2006 06:33 AM (FpV/w)
Ahmed you and your people offer nothing to the world but killing, cruelty and torture. You are an ignorant race that refuses to join civilized people. You invent nothing, you create nothing. You can do nothing but copy the western world. Everything you now look at, drive, operate, type on or listen to comes from others. You are animals. Barbaric, silly, cruel and stupid beyond belief. You are parasitic on the rest of the world. You are members of a gutter religion that keeps you with the mentality of cavemen. AND YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO KNOW IT.
Amd your stupid threats to the civilized world doesn't scare anyone. If we really feared you cavemen we would simply eleminate you for the good of the world. Personally, I believe we should do exactly that.
You copy our language poorly. When yours sounds like a cat coughing up a fur ball I understand your desire to copy ours.
Posted by: greyrooster at July 18, 2006 08:00 AM (kw+3p)
Posted by: greyrooster at July 18, 2006 08:04 AM (kw+3p)
This world must live in peace brothers, and if u r jew, christian, muslim, hindu, athiest, or whatever, we are all humans that deserve to live in peace and harmony.
So beat it.
Posted by: Whiterooster at July 19, 2006 10:26 AM (r+iXh)
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