Recently-appeared information states that in the immediate future Russia will begin backdoor deliveries of missile systems to terrorist factions in the Middle East. In particular, the story tells about shoulder-launched MLRS “Grad-P”. To put it simple, this missile system is nothing more, but a version of “Kassam” missile, which is quite popular among “HAMAS” terrorists especially in terms of its usage it to shell Israeli cities. On the occupied territory of Donbas there is a town called Komsomolskoe, which happens to be a beehive of portable MLRS 9P132 “Grad-P” (“Partisan”). Above all, occupied eastern territories of Ukraine were the main test ground for the latest military hardware of Russian make. On the other hand, it became gangland full of marauding invaders. To date, this area is heavily used for manufacturing and smuggling of weapons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsag6FZcupQ Technically, MLRS “Grad-P” officially indexed as 9P132 is a tube positioned on the tripod and aimed at firing the most popular Soviet missile M-21OF used in MLRS “Grad”, which is regarded to be Putin’s claim-to-fame no less than famous assault rifle AK or grenade launcher RPG-7. The aforesaid system was devised in 1965 specifically for Vietnamese communists, who were fighting war with the USA-supported Republic of Vietnam. Especially, it was quite efficient against American base camps and air fields. After communists took Saigon, the USSR started to export this missile system to every hot spot all around the world, primarily to the Middle East (largely to Lebanon), Africa and Latin America. Still there is no information whether “Grad-P” was used against NATO troops in Afghanistan or against coalition forces in Iraq, however militants used to shell US / NATO servicemen with the help of the self-devised launchers. Heavy use of “Grad-P” is registered in Ukraine. It is exploited by terrorists against Ukrainian-governed cities as well as armed forces of Ukraine. This fact is a solid proof about illegal arms handovers to the pro-Russian militants. Noteworthy, this kind of weaponry could not have been taken from the Ukrainian soldiers as long as it is not inducted with the Ukrainian army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXOBwsURA5k Evidently, war in Donbas turned into a deadlock for Putin. However, it seems that for Russian security services and military big-wigs this usage of “Grad-P” played quite positive. Thus, they decided to initiate their deliveries to the most dangerous terrorists, i.e. in Syria first, then to Iraq. Indeed Putin is interested in maximum escalation of war in Syria either to preserve Asad’s regime or to destroy anti-Asad opposition. Hence, he is in dire need to solidify both Asad’s power and ISIS in order to have a pretext for the escalation of hostilities. Along with that, Putin chose indirect tactics to avoid any Russian trace. Namely he opted for illicit arms manufacturing workshops operating under close scrutiny of Russian security services. By the way, some time ago it came to light that first items of the aforementioned weaponry fell into the hands of terrorist factions in the Middle East. In principle, this was performed by Russian intelligence, which did its best to hush it into a massive cover-up operation. In particular, shortly before Putin’s speech in front of the UN GA there was a volley of articles in the Russian media citing the web-site of Public mujahedin organization of Iran, which reads the following: “Syrian militants (not ISIS) fired at the positions of the Russian troops deployed in Latakya. In accordance with the information rendered by different sources the respective firing was delivered by missile system “Grad-P”. The respective fire took place due to Putin’s support to the Syrian president B. el-Asad”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrYf_Ul6wUA The foregoing video is extremely funny, because hooded “Syrian militants” (not ISIS), regardless of their expert usage of „Grad-P” and aiming circle, have in their appearance nothing more than a Slavic physique… Similar video, but with different innuendo appeared in the Internet the day before Putin addressed the Russian MPs. This video shows ISIS militant chopping the head of “Russian agent”. Admittedly, the quality of action is impressive technically, but the play of actors leaves much to be desired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SyidNcMGVA No surprise that so called ISIS militant is dressed into a nearly-two-year-old Russian spetsnaz uniform spotted both in the east of Ukraine and annexed Crimea. All in all, having MLRS “Grad-P” at its disposal, ISIS catalyzes its threat to Syrian and Iraqi antiterrorist forces as well as the civilian population. Obviously, this is indeed a daunting threat as there no technical means to counter its deadly influence, especially if to carry out launches via time-delayed or remotely controlled devices.
