Direct Support Fires Technology (#DSFT),A rocket with a diameter... of approximately 4.75 inches (about 120 mm) can be loaded 30 per standard HIMARS/M270 rocket pod—a fivefold increase compared to the current 6-round GMLRS pod. All 30 rockets can be launched in approximately 15 seconds, at a rate of 1 to 2 rockets per second,with a range in excess of 30 to 40 kilometers, build a rocket for $25,000 at scale.show more

PLANES? ELON’S GOT ROCKETS FOR THAT Why sit for... 15 hours when you could blast across Earth in 30 minutes at Mach 25?! Skip layovers - you'll be on time for dinner on the other side of the planet. The Rocket Ride Rundown: •⁠ ⁠New York to Sydney in under an hour - fasten your heat shields •⁠ ⁠Earth-to-Earth rockets - loud, proud, and ready to bounce borders •⁠ ⁠Teleport vibes - but with fire, noise, and a side of G-forces Boarding passes? Nah. Rocket rides don’t queue! Source: Technologyshow more

The Russian PG-30 rocket has a separate 40mm precursor... rocket that fires shortly before the main round. This is a decoy to trigger active protection systems that then won’t be ready to engage the main rocket 0.2-0.4 sec later. And it has a soft foam nose! 1/2show more

A HIMARS GMLRS rocket struck a concentration of Russian... assault troops on motorcycles in Donetsk region.show more

This was one of the big problems for both... Ukraine and Russia: their dependence on rocket artillery systems. Unlike artillery shells, these rockets have a lifespan of 8-12 years until they are reconditioned and the propellant is replaced. In theory, this process can be repeated twice since other parts of the rocket would also degrade. Both Ukraine and Russia rushed to recondition their rockets, but many rockets over 30 years old were used in the war, causing failures like those seen in this video. Conventional artillery shells, depending on storage, can majority detonate even after 30 years, but rockets do not.show more

🚨 Hezbollah rocket hits sports facility in Nahariya A... rocket fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah struck a building at a sports court in Nahariya, causing damage but no injuries, according to rescue services. The IDF says around 30 rockets have been launched from Lebanon at northern Israel since this morning. 👉 Stay updated—follow Mossad Commentary.show more

Ukrainian M142 HIMARS launching off a salvo of GMLRS... rockets at a Russian position.show more

Hezbollah fires rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel; several... strikes reported, with at least five lightly injured after a rocket hit a home in Ma’alot-Tarshiha.show more

#Sudan 🇸🇩: Fighters affiliated with the "Sudanese Forces" (#SAF)... preparing DIY Multiple Launching Rocket System (MLRS). Group is operating a Truck-mounted 80mm B-8V20A rocket pod with #Iran-made 🇮🇷 "FADAK-2" Unguided Aircraft rockets.show more

A barrage of ten rockets was fired by Hamas... from the Gaza Strip at the Ashdod area in southern Israel a short while ago, the military says. According to the IDF, most of the rockets were intercepted by air defenses. Rocket impacts are reported in Ashkelon, with damage caused to a road. There are no immediate reports of injuries. The attack marks one of the largest rocket barrages on Israel from Gaza in recent months.show more

Reports of a 30-rocket barrage targeted the North from Lebanon.

Footage of a Ukrainian HIMARS-launched GMLRS rocket airbursting above... the Russian Belgorod power plant this afternoon. Multiple power outages have been reported the Russian city.show more

China has officially concluded its launch year with the... successful liftoff of a Long March 7A from Wenchang. ​Launching at 22:40UTC (Dec 30), the rocket successfully deployed the Shijian-29-A/B to GTO. A strong finish to a busy yearshow more

🇷🇺🔥 Rockets of the GMLRS type fired from the... M142 Himars multiple launch rocket system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew to the location of the Russian occupiers' deployment…. 🔷 Presumably, the field ammunition depot was destroyed See the latest updates with us: Visionershow more

#Cambodia / #Thailand 🇰🇭🇹🇭: "Royal Cambodian Army" preparing Multiple... Rocket Launchers to attack Thai positions. Cambodian Forces are using a couple of #Czechoslovak 122mm RM-70 GRAD Self-Propelled Multiple Rocket Launchers (SPMRL) with #China-made 🇨🇳 SHE-40 artillery rockets.show more

A-1 Skyraiders at Pleiku in Vietnam fitted with SUU-11... 1500 round Minigun pods in 1966. With two pods the combined rate of fire was 200 rounds per second.show more

Tel Aviv under attack!! I’m lying on the side... of the highway during a rocket attack. In this clip you can hear the Iron Dome intercepting the rockets overhead. Hamas continues to target Israeli civilians.show more

Footage shows a barrage of 122mm DTI-2 rockets, launched... from a Royal Thai Army SR-4 (PHL-11) Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), heading toward Cambodian military positions.show more

The first launch of an orbital rocket from the... European spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. The rocket was a ‘Diamant B’, launched in 1970. © Vos photos d'histoireshow more

Roughly 20 seconds after the liftoff of ULA's Vulcan... rocket on the USSF-87 mission, there appeared to be a possible burn through of at least one of the solid rocket booster nozzles. We've reached out to ULA for comment. Video shot by Adam Bernstein for Spaceflight Now Watch:show more