Improvised Employment of S-5 Air-To-Surface Rockets in Land Warfare: A Brief History and Technical Appraisal
Abstract
Air-to-surface rockets have fulfilled an important, improvised surface-to-surface role in numerous regional conflicts over the past thirty years. Makeshift rocket launchers have featured in conflicts in Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Georgia, Libya and, most recently, the ongoing conflict in Syria. Most prominent amongst the rockets used in this manner are those of the Soviet/Russian S-5 series.This report examines the history of the use of S-5 rockets in land warfare, and the technical and tactical merits of such systems.
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