Ababil-100

Ababil-100/Al Fat'h
An al-Fat'h missile
TypeShort-range ballistic missile
Place of originIraq[1]
Service history
In service2003
WarsIraq War
Production history
VariantsGuided version
Unguided version
Specifications
Mass1200 kg
Length6.7 m
Diameter0.5 m
1.4 m aft fin assembly

Payload capacity260-300 kg HE
Guided version:HE
Unguided version:HE and submunition
Propellant828 kgsolid propellant
Composition:
70% AP
14% Aluminium powder
11-12% HTPB
3.5% DIO
1% Ferric Oxide
1% TDI
0.35% MAPO[citation needed]
Operational
range
>150 km
Guidance
system
Unguided version:Fin stabilized
Guided version:Inertial guidance
References

The Ababil-100 or al-Fat'h or al-Fatah was an Iraqi single stage solid-propelled short-range ballistic missile whose development started around 1991 and was tested from 2000 to 2002. Its launcher was derived from the Ababil-50 MLRS.[2]

  1. ^ "Ababil-100/Al-Samoud". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
  2. ^ Altobchi, Cooper & Fontanellaz 2022, p. 57