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Associated Press July 17, 2006

Hezbollah's Missile Arsenal

A look at some of Hezbollah's missiles:

_ Fajr-5: the biggest, with a range of 45 miles and a 440-pound payload.

_ Fajr-3: range of 22 miles and a 200-pound payload.

_ Katyushas: range of 12 miles, and the most numerous missile in the Hezbollah arsenal _ about 10,000.

Numbers:

_ Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly said his group has more than 12,000 rockets.

_ Israel's head of military intelligence, Brig. Gen. Yuval Halmish, says Hezbollah has placed at least 10,000 rockets in southern Lebanon.

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Sources: The Associated Press, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, and GlobalSecurity.org

 


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