Engineering:Alazan (rocket)
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Short description: Was a Cold War-era, 82mm Soviet rocket
The Alazan rocket was a Cold War-era, 82mm Soviet rocket originally developed to distribute cloud seeding chemicals such as potassium or silver iodide.[1] Some were converted into improvised munitions and modified to carry explosive warheads. Others were retrofitted with a warhead, which, in one case, contained up to 400g of radioactive caesium-137 and strontium-90.[2] Both types were acquired by militants following the Soviet collapse.[2]
References
- ↑ Eugen Tomiuc (10 December 2003). "Transdniester: Missing Missiles Raising Fears Of 'Dirty Bombs' For Sale". http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2003/12/sec-031210-rferl-171503.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brian Johnson Thomas and Mark Franchetti (8 May 2005). "Radioactive rockets 'for sale' in breakaway Soviet republic". http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1398826/posts.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alazan (rocket).
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