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The devastating Smerch rocket: What “brotherly” Russia uses to shell Ukraine (VIDEO)

byEuromaidan Press Staff
09/09/2014
1 minute read
The devastating Smerch rocket: What “brotherly” Russia uses to shell Ukraine (VIDEO)

Reports from the area of the anti-terrorist operation, have repeatedly been mentioning the “Smerch” Multiple Rocket Launch System (MLRS) by Russian forces in Ukraine. In a report by Human Rights Watch on September 1, observers confirmed finding remnants of 300 mm Smerch rockets and cluster munitions delivered by 220 mm Uragan rockets.

Currently, Ukrainian soldiers say Russian forces are setting up Smerch launch rocket systems in Novoazovsk and aiming them at the city of Mariupol, the capital of the Donetsk region.

Narration in the video:

“This is the Smerch Multiple Rocket Launch System. The most horrific weapon on earth after nuclear weapons. Just in 40 seconds the Smerch can launch all of its 12 rockets. Its 300mm (11.8 inch)-diameter rockets can reach targets up to 90 km (56 miles) away and destroy everything alive in an area of 67 hectares (166 acres).

“The Smerch was adopted by the Soviet Army back in 1987, but even now no [non-nuclear] weapon can equal its destructive power…”

[hr] Source: Sprotyv.info
Edited by Mat Babiak & A. Nikitchyuk

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