The Falaq-1 is an Iranian-made rocket system.[1][2][3][4]

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 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.[5]

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.[6]

Deployment

There is extensive evidence Falaq-1 rockets have been used in the Syrian civil war.[6]

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.[7]

Operators

See also

References

  1. ^ [https://www.javanonline.ir/fa/news/1096462/%D9%81%D9%84%D9%82-%DB%B1-%D9%88-%DB%B2-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%87"Falaq1and 2" with power in the short rangege«فلق ۱ و ۲»با قدرت در برد کوتاه] Retrieved 6 September 2025
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ rocket familyخانواده راکتهای فلق Retrieved 6 September 2025
  5. ^ "Defense Industries Organization 2013 Catalog, Section 3: Rocket Industries Group". Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Le Hezbollah annonce l'utilisation d'un nouveau type de missiles, Falaq 1" (in French). L'Orient Le Jour. 2023-01-26. Retrieved 28 January 2024.