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Falaq-1

Iranian rocket system

The Falaq-1 missile is an Iranian made rocket system.

Design

The 240 mm unguided surface-to-surface rocket is very similar to the rocket used with the Russian 240 mm (12-round) BM-24 system. The Falaq-1 has a bore of 240 mm, and a weight of 111 kg, with the warhead weighing 50 kg. The 240 mm spin stabilised rockets have a maximum range of 10,000 m and are fitted with a nose-mounted fuze. Propellant used is of the solid double-base type. The rocket is mounted on a 4 × 4 jeep light cross-country vehicle which has six 240 mm rockets in the ready-to-launch position in a frame type launcher on the rear.

The Falaq-1 has a maximum range of 10 km. It weighs 113 kg and carries a 50 kg explosive warhead.^[1] Its successor, the Falaq-2, is a 333 mm-diameter rocket. It weighs 255 kg with a 120 kg warhead that holds 60 kg of explosives.^[2]

Development

The system was developed in the 1990s by Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, which is part of the Aerospace Industries Organization.^[3]

Deployment

There is extensive evidence Falaq-1 rockets have been used in the Syrian civil war.^[3]

On 26 January 2024, Hezbollah claimed for the first time to have used the Falaq-1 in an attack against the Israel Defense Forces as part of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict during the Israel-Hamas war.^[1]

Operators

Iran
Syria
Hezbollah^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Le Hezbollah annonce l'utilisation d'un nouveau type de missiles, Falaq 1". L'Orient Le Jour (in French). 2023-01-26. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Defense Industries Organization 2013 Catalog, Section 3: Rocket Industries Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ ^a ^b N.R. Jenzen-Jones; Yuri Lyamin; Yuri Lyamin (11 May 2014). "ARES Research Report No.2: Iranian Falaq-1 and Falaq-2 Rockets in Syria - Armament Research". armamentresearch.com. Armament Research Services. Retrieved 1 August 2019.