Ukrainians Took Apart a Tornado-S Rocket and Found AliExpress Parts
The Tornado-S is one of the newest Russian multiple launch rocket systems. Russia doesn’t have a whole lot of them and some they already lost in Ukraine. The Ukrainian military analyzed a captured Tornado-S rocket and said that the chips found inside were made in China. The rocket itself was manufactured on February 1, 2023. Tornado-S system somewhere in Ukraine in 2023. You can see the boxed Z marking on the side. Image credit: Mil.ru via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0) The Tornado multiple launch rocket system has been in service in Russia since 2014. The Tornado launcher has a wheeled truck chassis and, depending on the type of rockets, has a range of up to 200-300 km. It is a very dangerous weapon with a crushingly devastating power. There are several versions of the Tornado systems. The Tornado-S is special in that the rockets of this system have GLONASS satellite navigation modules borrowed from the Smerch system. A single Tornado-S system can laun...