The Falaq-1 is an Iranian-made

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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

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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, the Falaq-2, is a 333 mm-diameter rocket.

Development

The system was developed in the 1990s by Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, which is part of the

Aerospace Industries Organization Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO, ) is a subordinate of the Iranian defence ministry and a leading high-tech complex headquartered in Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran ...

Deployment

There is extensive evidence Falaq-1 rockets have been used in the Syrian civil war. On 26 January 2024,

Hezbollah Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...

claimed for the first time to have used the Falaq-1 in an attack against the

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as part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict during the

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Operators

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Deployment

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