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Fri 07 Jul 2006Both belligerentsuse weapons for maximum terror and casualtiesThe missiles currently being fired by Hizbullah into Israel vary in calibre and range. The most commonly fired Hizbullah missile is the Katyusha rocket, or its Iranian variant, the Fajr-3. With a range of approximately 40km, this missile delivers a warhead of 22kg of high explosives on to civilian targets.The Fajr-3 is an indiscriminate weapon with no guidance systems to speak of. Originally designed to achieve "area suppression" on the conventional battlefield, it is launched in multiples on a simple compass bearing in the direction of the target.