Pulp Economics: Missile Quiz

1. What is the name of the missiles in the picure at right? (HINT: The launchers are a dead give-away.)

• Kowsar
• Katyusha
• Shahab
• Qassam

2. The Chinese-made missile (based upon the Soviet Styx design) in the picture at right has long been a mainstay of Iranian coastal defense batteries, only recently being augmented by faster, more modern weapons. Israeli defense sources have indicated that this type of missile may have been used to nearly sink one of its most modern warships in Lebanese waters last week. What is the name of the missile?

• Sunburn
• Silkworm
• Keres
• Scud

3. The missile being fired in the picture at right features pop-out, wrap-around fins and has a maximum range of 35 km, with 45 km possible in the Mark IV version. The 13- or 18-rocket racks have a mountable or towable chassis, and modifications are available per customer specifications. What is it?

• Raad-2
• Raphael
• LAR-160
• ITALD

4. Sometimes described as "home-made," this missile is unlike almost all others used in the Middle East: it is not built in modern military weaponry factories, but rather in crude, sometimes even temporary, production facilities. Although woefully inaccurate, it is nevertheless deadly if it happens to land near people. What is it?

• Qassam
• Raad-3
• Thunder 1
• Katyusha

5. Match the rockets in the same order as the combatants principally using them or having them available for use: Katyusha, Qassam, Scud D, LAR-160

• Israelis, Syrians, Palestinians (Hamas), Lebanese (Hizballah)
• Palestinians (Hamas), Syrians, Lebanese (Hizballah), Israelis
• Lebanese (Hizballah), Palestinians (Hamas), Syrians, Israelis
• Israelis, Syrians, Lebanese (Hizballah), Palestinians (Hamas)

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