Falaq-1
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The Falaq-1 is an Iranian-made rocket system.[5][6][7][8]
Design
[edit]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.[9]
Its successor, the Falaq-2, is a 333 mm-diameter rocket.
Development
[edit]The system was developed in the 1990s by Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, which is part of the Aerospace Industries Organization.[10]
Deployment
[edit]There is extensive evidence Falaq-1 rockets have been used in the Syrian civil war.[10]
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 Gaza war.[11]
Operators
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Falaq" missile fired at occupation army base in northern occupied Palestineشلیک موشک «فلق» به پایگاه ارتش اشغالگران در شمال فلسطین اشغالیRetrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ 1 and Falaq 2 موشکهای فلق یک و دو missiles Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ rocket system and the country's first heavy tactical vehicle unveiledسامانه راکتی فلق و نخستین خودروی تاکتیکی سنگین کشور رونمایی شدRetrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ sound of sirens in towns in the north of the occupied territoriesصدای ممتد آژیر خطر در شهرکهای شمال سرزمینهای اشغالی Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ "Falaq1and 2" with power in the short rangege«فلق ۱ و ۲»با قدرت در برد کوتاه Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ attacks Israeli garrison in Shebaa Farms with Falaq missileحمله حزب الله با موشک «فلق»به پادگان رژیم صهیونیستی در مزارع شبعا Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ crushed the occupying army with Katyusha rockets and Falaq missiles حزب الله با با شلیکهای کاتیوشا و موشکهای فلق ارتش اشغالگر را درهم کوبید Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ [https:// www.alef.ir/news/4001124049.html%3fshow=ampFalaq rocket familyخانواده راکتهای فلق] Retrieved 6 September 2025
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
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