The Alazan rocket was a Cold War-era, 82mm Soviet rocket originally developed to distribute cloud seeding chemicals such as potassium or silver iodide.[1] Some were converted into improvised munitions and modified to carry explosive warheads. Others were retrofitted with a warhead, which, in one case, contained up to 400g of radioactive caesium-137 and strontium-90.[2] Both types were acquired by militants following the Soviet collapse.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Eugen Tomiuc (10 December 2003). "Transdniester: Missing Missiles Raising Fears Of 'Dirty Bombs' For Sale". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 Brian Johnson Thomas and Mark Franchetti (8 May 2005). "Radioactive rockets 'for sale' in breakaway Soviet republic". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2017.


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