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	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Katyusha & Qassam Rockets
		We have seen in previous articles that the difference between a rocket and a missile is that a missile has a guidance system while a rocket does not.
		A basic military rocket is a cylindrical tube containing an explosive warhead and powered by some type of propulsion system, typically a solid rocket motor.
		However, the Katyusha was actually one specific type of rocket used during World War II though the term has since become synonoymous with a wide variety of different rocket types.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/weapons/q0279.shtml (2152 words)

	Katyusha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katyushas were often massed in very large numbers to create a shock effect on enemy forces.
		The development of the Katyusha rocket launcher was a response to Nazi Germany's development of the six-barreled Nebelwerfer rocket mortar in 1936.
		Such rockets are often used in guerilla warfare, for example by the Viet Cong, Hezbollah, the Iraqi insurgency, and the Taliban.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katyusha (508 words)

	Katyusha rockets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In such tests, a Katyusha is fired from a rocket launcher several kilometers from the laser.
		Known as Katyusha rockets, the system was used for the first time on July 14, 1941, for an attack against a railroad junction near the town of Orsha...
		The Katyusha rockets was mounted on trucks and tanks.
	www.basketballgaming.com /katyusha+rockets.html (1082 words)

	Katyusha Rockets and Israeli Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Katyusha rockets are from time to time launched into towns in northern Israel by the Hizbullah Islamic fundamentalist group stationed in southern Lebanon.
		The Katyusha Rocket "Multiple Rocket Launcher" BM-21 pictured here could be easily taken apart and smuggled into a "demilitarized" Palestinian state.
		One full salvo of rockets from this truck would fire the explosive equivalent to four Iraqi-type Scud missiles, which were launched into Israel during the 1991 Gulf War.
	www.iris.org.il /katyusha.htm (225 words)

	ISRAEL/LEBANON
		Ninety of the 639 Katyusha rockets fired into Israel landed in the vicinity of the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, fifty-eight of them in thecity proper, all causing injury or property damage, according to Israeli sources interviewed by Human Rights Watch.
		The Katyusha attacks terrorized the civilian population in northern Israel, and forced the displacement of tens of thousands of residents.
		Katyusha rockets are inaccurate weapons with an indiscriminate effect when fired into areas where civilians are concentrated.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1997/isrleb/Isrleb-02.htm (4205 words)

	CNN.com - Anderson Cooper 360° Blog
		Rockets have landed along the forested slopes and huge plumes of white smoke fill the sky.
		The Katushya rockets were used by the Red Army against the Nazi's in WW2; the Scud is a replica of the German V-2; and even the RPG used by the insurgents in Iraq is similar to the Bazooka.
		Rockets rain on them indiscriminently for years, maiming and killing civilians and their response is to take out a building here and there.
	www.cnn.com /CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/07/getting-personal-with-katyusha-rockets.html (5721 words)

	Katyusha Rockets fired into Aqaba and Eilat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At least two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Jordanian port of Aqaba, one landing near a U.S. military ship.
		In Eilat, the rocket created a small crater in the road, about 15 meters from the airport fence, said a local police commander.
		Meanwhile, the Jordanian authorities have located the Katyusha launcher in a warehouse in Aqaba, which was rented this week by four people holding Egyptian and Iraqi nationalities.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=1109 (438 words)

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		A woman and her four-year-old grandson who were injured by a Katyusha rocket that hit a house in the Meron community near Safed early Friday evening died of their injuries.
		At least 14 rockets landed in the town in three or four barrages and the town's residents still suffer from disruptions to the power supply caused by earlier rocket attacks.
		The Katyushas landed close the town's center in Weizmann Street, just meters away from where a meeting of heads of the Nahariya authorities was held at the time.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3275609,00.html (1073 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Hezbollah fires mortor rounds, katyusha rockets at Israeli outposts
		Witnesses said the guerrillas fired mortar rounds, anti-tank artillery as well as 10 Katyusha rockets on the Har Dov area and the Golan Heights.
		The rockets did not appear to have fallen in northern Israel.
		The fresh violence came in spite of assurances that the Lebanese government was not interested in opening up a new front with Israel at a time Israeli troops were engaged in incursions against Palestinians in the West Bank.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0204/02040901HZ.htm (329 words)

	Hezbollah's Rocket Strategy
		The rockets used by Hezbollah in the ongoing conflict with Israel are much smaller and are usually integrated elsewhere within the tactics of the battlefield.
		The Katyushas all have a common origin in the Soviet BM-8 and BM-13 truck-mounted rocket launchers that were used against the German army in 1941.
		Hezbollah's rocket strategy has successfully disrupted all activities in northern Israel, forcing 300,000 Israelis into shelters or refugee camps, and impressing upon Israelis that building a wall around their country is not enough to ensure permanent security.
	www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370098 (1633 words)

	World Tribune.com: Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Israeli officials said this was the second time that the Tactical High Energy laser demonstrator successfully tracked and destroyed a salvo of Katyusha rockets.
		On June 6, the laser shot down a Katyusha rocket in a single launch.
		The system is meant to protect northern Israel from the hundreds of Katyusha rockets in the arsenal of the Iranian-backed Hizbullah.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/Archive-2000/me-israel-09-26.html (202 words)

	USATODAY.com - Missiles narrowly misses U.S. Navy ship in Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A crater left by a rocket is seen on the side of the road near the airport of southern Israel's resort town of Eilat.
		All three rockets fired on Friday — the one at the port and the two at Israel — appeared to have been fired from a building in a warehouse district in the hills on Aqaba's northern edge, about 5 miles from the port, said a Jordanian intelligence official who showed journalists the site.
		Two Katyusha rockets — highly inaccurate unguided weapons used by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas to attack northern Israel — were fired to the west toward Israel.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-19-jordan-explosion_x.htm (1003 words)

	My Way News
		Two other rockets were fired toward Israel from the same warehouse, which is located in the hills on Aqaba's northern edge about 5 miles from the port.
		Mystery surrounds the source of the rockets, several thousand of which are believed to be in the possession of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim militant group, Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and Syria.
		Investigators are looking into how three, five-foot-long Katyusha rockets entered Jordan, which has a strong security posture due to its vicinity to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20050820/D8C3GDKO0.html (820 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Gaza's rocket threat to Israel
		Qassam rockets are homemade weapons that have been fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants in their hundreds at Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip.
		Katyusha rockets, a much larger and more lethal projectile with a longer range, have also begun appearing in the Gaza Strip, smuggled in from surrounding Arab states.
		The rocket is usually one of two models, the Qassam 1 with a maximum range of 3km (1.8 miles) and the Qassam 2 with a range of up to 9km.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/3702088.stm (636 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Laser Cannon Test: Two Rockets Down - 26/9/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The test simulated a missile attack by a pair of Russian-made Katyusha rockets, with the laser gun tracking them post-launch and firing a beam at the rockets in rapid succession.
		The rockets are similar to a type of battlefield short-range rocket that could be fired against civilian cities or encampments of troops in a theater of battle.
		The actual range of the rockets to the laser gun -- called by TRW a "Beam Director" -- is classified, according to Brooks McKinney, TRW spokesperson at the company's Redondo Beach, California offices.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/laser7.htm (518 words)

	Katyusha
		Unguided rocket built in a variety of calibres and used by the Red Army from 1941 onward.
		233 rounds of rockets were tested at the end of 1938, indicating a target could be hit at a range of 5.5 km.
		The Katyusha figured prominently as the main weapon being fired at Israel by Palestinian and Lebanese fighters throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/katyusha.htm (517 words)

	Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast
		The request for M-26 artillery rockets, which are fired in barrages and carry hundreds of grenade-like bomblets that scatter and explode over a broad area, is likely to be approved shortly, along with other arms, a senior official said.
		The rockets, while they would be very effective against hidden missile launchers, officials say, are fired by the dozen and could be expected to cause civilian casualties if used against targets in populated areas.
		Israel is asking for the rockets now because it has been unable to suppress Hezbollah’s Katyusha rocket attacks in the month-old conflict by using bombs dropped from aircraft and other types of artillery, the officials said.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article14499.htm (1133 words)

	Mideast Dispatch Archive: Israel seizes massive haul of weapons
		A ship carrying 50 tons of weaponry, including long-range Katyusha rockets, and intended for the Palestinian Authority was captured in the Red Sea on Thursday in a joint operation carried out by Israel's Navy and Air Force.
		IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz, who announced the capture at a press conference Friday, said the weapons cache aboard the vessel included Katyusha rockets with a 20-kilometer range, "Strella" anti-aircraft missiles, snipers rifles, mortar launchers and shells, mines and a variety of anti-tank missiles, such as the Sager and Lao.
		At least part of the cargo, which is reported to include Katyusha rockets with a 12-mile range, anti-tank missiles and explosives, goes beyond the weaponry that the Palestinian Authority is allowed to acquire under its agreements with Israel.
	www.tomgrossmedia.com /mideastdispatches/archives/000466.html (1619 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Attacks raise fears of more violence in South Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On Oct. 28, a 107mm rocket was fired from the wadi near Alma Shaab and exploded near Metsuva.
		On April 25, a rocket exploded near Marwahine in the western sector, 500 meters from the border with Israel.
		It is likely that the perpetrators of the two recent Katyusha attacks in the western sector used such unorthodox methods of firing, which would explain why one rocket landed near Shelomi and the other fell into the sea near Naqoura, several kilometers away.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=10182 (1121 words)

	Mobile rockets present difficult long-term threat - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hezbollah is relying heavily on variants of short-range Katyusha rockets, a weapon first produced by the Soviet Union in 1941 as a cheap metal tube stuffed with fuel at one end and explosives at the other.
		The rockets pose a long-term threat that is difficult to counter.
		What little guidance the rockets have is applied before they are launched, by pointing them in the right direction and elevating them to gain or lose distance.
	www.baltimoresun.com /news/nationworld/bal-te.missile19jul19,0,3285172.story?coll=bal-home-headlines (943 words)

	Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 9 October 2004 through Monday, 11 October 2004.
		Resistance forces two Katyushas into the Republican Palace compound in Baghdad, which the US uses as its headquarters for the occupation of the country, having nicknamed it “the green zone.” The attack took place at about 9pm, and set off warning sirens.
		Western media sources, basing their reports on a statement by an official in the puppet so-called Iraqi “petroleum ministry,” announced Sunday that an explosion that left 20 Iraqis dead was the result of a car bomb that detonated prematurely in the intersection across from the police academy in the Iraqi capital.
		The rockets were believed to have hit the guest reception hall from which smoke could be seen rising into the sky.
	www.albasrah.net /moqawama/english/0110/iraqiresistancereport_9-111004.htm (9116 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Laser kills two Katyushas in US test - 25/9/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This means the IDF is not in a hurry to deploy it along the northern border by the end of the year as had originally been hoped.
		It is feared that Hizbullah has stockpiled rockets and would attempt to saturate the border with more rockets than the system could handle if the border flared up.
		Although this would be the first laser weapon built for defense against rockets, the US Defense Department has said it has no immediate plans to use it with US forces, in part because the system is not easily transportable.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/laser9.htm (562 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		Four Katyusha rockets have been fired into Israel from Lebanon over the past year, according to Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz at yesterday's Cabinet meeting.
		Just a few days ago, it was reported that a katyusha rocket had hit the banana orchards of Kibbutz Eilon in the northwestern Galilee a week beforehand.
		It was not immediately clear whether the heavy Hizbullah barrage of Katyusha rockets, mortars and anti-tank missiles at IDF outposts in the Har Dov area in the north this past May, or a Katyusha attack on an Israeli ship this past June, were included in Mofaz's count.
	www.arutzsheva.org /news.php3?id=71734 (307 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Iranian-made rockets add new twist to border tensions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The unprecedented use of the Iranian 240-millimeter rocket, known as the Fajr 3, is a major development in the simmering border conflict, and raises serious questions as to why the rockets were fired at this time and by whom.
		One rocket struck the edge of the Israeli border settlement of Margaliot, destroying a chicken coop, while the other two exploded harmlessly on the Lebanese side of the border between Houla and Meiss al-Jabal.
		The rocket strike was claimed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad as a reprisal for the killing of five militants in Tulkarem in the West Bank on Thursday.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=18014 (1064 words)

	Palestinian Qassam Rockets Pose New Threat to Israel
		The Qassam rockets were developed by Hamas with the aid of the PA The Qassam-1 and Qassam-2 are rockets that were developed by the Islamic terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip with the aid of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to Israeli security officials.
		The rockets are a shorter-range version of the Katyusha rockets used by Hezbollah to attack Israelis living in northern Israel.
		The presence of rockets in the West Bank was confirmed earlier this month when a surprise inspection by IDF soldiers led to the discovery of eight Qassam launchers and fuses concealed beneath fruits, vegetables and other goods in the bed of a Palestinian truck.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/Qassam.html (492 words)

	World Tribune.com: Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the past, Iran would send the rockets to Damascus and they would be transported by land to Lebanon.
		Iran is sending 107 mm and 122 mm rockets, both with a range of 20 kilometers.
		The sources said Iran is also sending the Fajr, or improved Katyusha rocket, with a range of more than 40 kilometers.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/Archive-2000/me-iran-11-22.html (222 words)

	Katyusha rockets fired at Israeli settlements in the north
		Katyusha rockets fired at Israeli settlements in the north, apparently provocation from the Palestinian terrorist organizations operating in Lebanon
		Other rockets were fired from the western sector and fell in the vicinity of the town of Shlomi and other settlements along the border.
		Palestinian terrorist organization rocket attacks from Lebanon are a well-known occurrence and have been carried out from time to time during the past years.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/eng_n/lebanon_e1205.htm (743 words)

	Katyusha rockets fired deep into the Galilee led to a day of exchange of heavy fire between the IDF and Hezbollah
		Katyusha rockets fired deep into the Galilee led to a day of exchange of heavy fire between the IDF and Hezbollah
		Katyusha rockets fired deep into the Galilee led to a day of exchange of heavy fire between the IDF and Hezbollah, the most significant since Israel withdrew from Lebanon (May 2000)
		It called the Katyusha fire “an exhibition, a gross violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a breach of the national dialogue's decisions.” While ignoring the part played by Hezbollah, the announcement played up the “grave dangers” resulting from the lack of Lebanese sovereignty in the south (Lebanese News Agency, May 28).
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/eng_n/html/hezbollah_be0506.htm (1773 words)

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