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TheFalaq-1 is anIranian-maderocket system.
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 abore of 240 mm, and a weight of 111 kg, with thewarhead 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.
Its successor, theFalaq-2, is a 333 mm-diameter rocket.
The system was developed in the 1990s by Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, which is part of theAerospace Industries Organization.[1]
There is extensive evidence Falaq-1 rockets have been used in theSyrian civil war.[1]
On 26 January 2024,Hezbollah claimed for the first time to have used the Falaq-1 in an attack against theIsrael Defense Forces as part of theIsrael–Hezbollah conflict during theIsrael–Hamas war.[2]
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