Missile Lora
LORA (LOng Range Artillery) is a theater quasi-ballistic missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
The missile has a range of 400 kilometres (250 mi) and a CEP of 10 metres (33 ft) when using a combination of GPS and TV for terminal guidance. It can be ship-launched from inside of a standard Intermodal container as well as land-launched.
| LORA | |
|---|---|
 LORA missile in launcher | |
| Type | Theater quasiballistic missile |
| Service history | |
| Used by | |
| Wars | 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Israel Aerospace Industries |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 1.6 tons (1,600 kg) |
| Length | 5.2 meters |
| Diameter | 624 mm |
| Warhead | 570 kg high explosive, bomblets or high speed penetrator warhead |
Operational range | 90 - 430 km |
| Maximum speed | Hypersonic |
Guidance system | inertial navigation, GPS and TV terminal |
| Accuracy | 10m CEP |
On 11 June 2018, the Azerbaijan revealed it had purchased the LORA system from Israel at an undisclosed date following president Ilham Aliyev's visit to an Azerbaijani Land Forces missile unit housing both the LORA and the Polonez. LORA was used in the final days of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, being used to target a vital bridge in the Lachin corridor linking Armenia to the Nagorno-Karabakh region. It was initially thought to have destroyed the bridge, but later evidence suggested it had only inflicted limited damage.
During Aero India in June 2023, India's Bharat Electronics signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IAI to produce the LORA in India under license.
Current operators
Comparable systems
- Predator Hawk – Israeli short-range ballistic missile
- Hadès – French short-range ballistic missile
- Nasr – Pakistani tactical ballistic missile
- Oka – Russian theatre ballistic missile
- Tochka – Soviet/Russian tactical ballistic missile
- Prahaar – Indian tactical ballistic missile
- MGM-140B/E ATACMS – American tactical ballistic missile
- Iskander – Russian short-range ballistic missile
- Fateh-110 – Iranian tactical short-range ballistic missile
- Šumadija (multiple rocket launcher) – Serbian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
- Khalij Fars – Iranian anti-ship ballistic missile
References
External links
- LORA brochure on IAI website
- LORA on IAI website
- "LORA - Long Range Artillery Precision Strike Tactical Missile". Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- LORA on defense-update website
- LORA on Deagel website
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