Tamouz
The Tamouz was a medium-range missile developed by Iraq . It was formed by clustering R-17 .
The Canadian rocket engineer Gerald Bull supported Iraq not only in the Babylon project but also in the construction with dynamic calculations for the Tamouz rocket. The launch site for missile tests was the center for testing military missiles in al-Anbar Iraq about 50 kilometers south of Baghdad . The facility was probably destroyed in the 2nd Gulf War.
Technical specifications
The missile's maximum range was 2,000 km (1,200 mi). The rocket was three-stage.
Rocket stages
- Level 0. 5 x R-17. Mass: 5,385 kg. The original, the R-11 , was designed by Korolev OKB and Makeyev OKB. The first stage consisted of five Scud drives.
- Stage 1. 1 x R-17 consisted of six Scud drives.
- Level 2. 1 x R-17 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tamouz in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- ↑ http://www.zeit.de/1997/49/waffen.txt.19971128.xml Die Zeit, 1997