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