Dr. Mehmud's team also designed the missile that it can be considered as an artillery rocket.
The aluminum tubes did exist, but they were determined to be for short-range artillery rockets (which Iraq was allowed to possess).
The experts, at the Energy Department, believed the tubes were likely intended for small artillery rockets.
State Department experts concluded that the tubes were almost certainly designed to be the bodies of artillery rockets.
The vehicle's use is intended to provide a fast platform for anti-tank missiles and small artillery rockets.
Then came the upward-flying meteor shapes of artillery rockets.
It is not intended to intercept either military aircraft or artillery rockets, the second of which are relatively small and short ranged.
The concept of long-range artillery rockets on the battlefield would remain undeveloped after the war.
Three artillery rockets hit in the near distance.
One of the long sheds within the motor pool had been hit by an artillery rocket.