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In reply to the discussion: Interesting Analysis of the Rockets Used in Syria [View all]HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)9. Well, then I surmise...
that functionally similar weapons can be built in alley workshops and bolted into beds of Toyota pickups, for quite cheaply. Smaller rockets can be fired from shoulder launchers or portable mortars. Large chemical weapons canisters can be fired from artillery.
After 2 years of civil war, weapons being shipped in, rebels capturing Syrian Army armouries, and Al Queda explosives experts manufacturing weapons....the whole country is probably one giant Agora weapons bazaar. Probably only the government has ships and aircraft, and neither side has nukes (yet), but otherwise every faction is armed to the teeth with every weapon available on black or gray markets.
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There's a serious question about the range and accuracy of the rockets. The launcher is just a tube,
leveymg
Sep 2013
#39
Just noodling around the internet, it seems as though these systems can be copied
riderinthestorm
Sep 2013
#14
Or the Saudis have their own version too. We simply don't know enough yet nt
riderinthestorm
Sep 2013
#17
In your travels, if you come across something about their range, please let us know.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#24
Please see my comment and photo, above. The things in Syria aren't Falaq-2 rockets.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#27
So exactly what are they testing? Nothing? Do we really have NOTHING in our hands?!?!?
dkf
Sep 2013
#45
You'd think we'd at least have remnants that we could conclusively assert came from Assad's stocks.
dkf
Sep 2013
#47
Very interesting. Hopefully this will help put to be the "it was the rebels" nonsense.
Barack_America
Sep 2013
#32