| Iranian-Hezbollah-Rocket | | | | kilograms. Here too the rocket can be |
| | | | launched from a single launch pad or in |
| More than 200 hundred rockets were fired from | | | | salvos from a multiple rocket launcher. |
| south Lebanon into Israel on Friday and | | | | Hezbollah uses this system mainly with a |
| Saturday adding up to over 1,000 over the | | | | single launcher. |
| past two weeks. The latest news on Hezbollah | | | | |
| launched rockets is the use of a Khaibar-1 | | | | Iranian FADJR-5 missile |
| rocket, which hit on Saturday an open field | | | | |
| near the town of Afulla in the Valley of | | | | The second set of Iranian made rockets, |
| Izrael. Hezbollah propaganda named the rocket | | | | believed to have been delivered to the |
| "Khaibar," a historic-religious name deriving | | | | Hezbollah in smaller numbers, is the Oghab, a |
| from the Battle of Khaibar in the Arabian | | | | 230mm rocket with a range of 45 kilometers |
| Peninsula in the early years of Islam. The | | | | and a warhead weighing 70 kilograms. |
| battle, was against a Jewish fortification, | | | | Originally this rocket was designed to be |
| has become a symbol of resilience and of the | | | | carried and fired from special vehicles. |
| superiority of Islam over Judaism. The | | | | However, they can also be fired from a single |
| Khaibar-1 is apparently one of the Iranian | | | | launching tube. In the same category is the |
| Fadjr family of artillery missiles. | | | | Fadjr-3 230mm with a range of 45 kilometers |
| | | | and a warhead weighing 45 kilograms. It is |
| Iranian 240mm Rocket Launcher M 1985 | | | | believed that the simpler and lighter Fadjr-3 |
| | | | is the one used by the Hezbollah. It too can |
| It is important to analyze the basic | | | | be mounted on a vehicle to be used as a |
| characteristics of these weapon systems. The | | | | multiple rocket launcher. The Oghab and the |
| main factor related to the present conflict | | | | Fadjr-3 can cover northern Israel, including |
| regards the rocket's maximum range and the | | | | Haifa and Tiberias. To launch them the |
| type of warhead used. So far the Hezbollah | | | | Hezbollah have to be as close as possible to |
| have been using mainly short range rockets, | | | | the Israeli-Lebanese border. |
| fired either from a single launcher, often | | | | |
| with an improvised timer enabling to aim the | | | | Iranian MRLS. missile-rockets |
| rocket towards a general direction and flight | | | | |
| angle and then walk away from the launch | | | | The conflict will escalate if the Hezbollah |
| site. | | | | have in their arsenal heavier rockets capable |
| | | | of covering a distance of 75 kilometers, |
| Iranian 122mm-mrl-iran | | | | carrying 190 kilograms of explosives; this |
| | | | rocket is the Fadjr-5 333mm. It is a larger |
| Various types of electronic timers, often | | | | rocket and therefore more difficult to move |
| with a simple modified alarm clock, do the | | | | around. Originally it was designed for |
| rest. These rockets are an Iranian version, | | | | multiple rocket launchers. The last two heavy |
| called Haseb, of the Russian 107mm Katyusha | | | | rockets are the Shahin-1 333mm with a range |
| with a range of up to nine kilometers. | | | | of 13 kilometers and a warhead of 190 |
| Another way to launch the rockets is by using | | | | kilograms and the Shahin-2 333mm with a |
| multiple launchers to create a salvo effect. | | | | 20-kilometer range and also a 190-kilogram |
| Such launchers can be towed or mounted on | | | | warhead. |
| jeeps, trucks etc. The war head (explosives) | | | | |
| weighs eight kilograms. | | | | Experts on artillery rockets note that to |
| | | | launch the long range and heavier rockets the |
| Iranian FADJR-2 | | | | Hezbollah would need an elaborate technical |
| | | | and logistical capability. If these rockets |
| Another artillery rocket type is the Arash 1 | | | | are launched it will almost certainly mean |
| and 2, both based on Russian and Chinese | | | | Iranian experts and their equipment are |
| models. This 122mm rocket has a range of 18 | | | | active in Lebanon. |
| kilometers with a warhead weighing 18 | | | | |