Thursday, May 17, 2007

Kassam (Qassam) rockets

Kassam rockets have been landing in Israel this week. From a technical standpoint, these rockets are interesting because they are simply oversized "candy rockets" that model rocket enthusiasts launch all the time. To learn more about candy rockets, read this article in PopSci:

Rocket food

as well as this article:

Recrystallized Candy rocket propellant

This article provides more detail on the actual construction of Kassam rockets:

The Growing Threat of the Kassam Unguided Rockets

Comments:
Wow, my brother made dozens of rcandy rockets from scratch in highschool and our basement still has several bags of fertilizer, iron and rocket fins laying around. I didn't realize they were so similar to the rockets being used around israel.
 
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