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The Katyushas can't hit Tel Aviv. From Gaza, the only system that can threaten Tel Aviv is the Fajr-5, which were fired at it for the first time in 2012. The li
by grkvlt 9y ago
The Katyushas can't hit Tel Aviv. From Gaza, the only system that can threaten Tel Aviv is the Fajr-5, which were fired at it for the first time in 2012. The linked chart [0] shows that most Katyusha/Quassam rockets have a maximum of ~30km range, whereas the Fajr-5 can make the ~75km to hit Tel Aviv. The warning time given is 60-90s (i.e. from when the air raid sirens sound to impact or interception) so with a margin of error on the slow side, they do 75km in 2m which is ~2250 km/h or Mach 1.8, definitely supersonic. I think I was wrong about the smaller rockets though, which are subsonic.
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel#/media/File:Rockets_from_gaza_(en).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...