RAAD (missile)
The RAAD رعد ("thunder") family of missiles is manufactured in
Iran and based on the
Soviet AT-3B Sagger anti-tank guided missile with a range of a few kilometres although some sources refer to it as a copy of a Chinese or North Korean cruise missile
[1]. In
1998 it was reported that Iran had begun production an improved version of the Russian AT-3B . The new missile was called the Improved Raad or I-Raad. the new version is a wire-guided missile that has a new front airframe fitted with a tandem high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead.
[2]Hezbollah said they used variants of this missile (Raad 2 and Raad 3) in the
2006 Lebanon War, including to down an Israeli helicopter, killing 5 soldiers. It is not guided
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raad (de)
n.
advice, counsel, guidance; assembly, board
raden
v.
counsel, advise, guess, riddle, unthread, rede, hit, nick
raad
advice, counsel
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see RAD