Longer-Range Rockets Used In New Attack On Al Asad Air Base In Iraq Point To Iran
Reports indicate that 122mm rockets, more capable than those commonly used in these types of attacks, were fired at Iraq’s Al Asad Air Base today.
Reports indicate that 122mm rockets, more capable than those commonly used in these types of attacks, were fired at Iraq’s Al Asad Air Base today.
The multi-mode guidance package could be a particularly cost-effective upgrade for any country still using derivatives of the Soviet-era system.
It looks like it belongs on the GI Joe aisle of a toy store more than a real life battlefield, but here is no doubt UAE’s Jobaria Defense Systems were thinking big when they designed their Multiple Cradle Launcher. The concept combines a Oshkosh M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter with a trailer outfitted with four launchers holding 60 122mm rockets each, for a grand total of 240 122mm rockets at the operator’s disposal. That’s a lot of firepower for a single land system to bring to the table.