LORA (missile)

LORA

LORA missile in launcher

Type| Theater quasiballistic missile
Service history
Used by|

* Azerbaijani Land Forces
* Indian Armed Forces

Wars| 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Production history
Manufacturer| Israel Aerospace Industries
Specifications
Mass| 1.6 tons
Length| 5.2 meters
Diameter| 624 mm
Warhead| 570 kg high explosive, bomblets or high speed penetrator warhead[1]

* * *

Operational
range

| 90 to 430 km[2]
Speed| Hypersonic

Guidance
system

| inertial navigation, GPS and TV terminal
Accuracy| 10m CEP

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[3] as well as land-launched.[4]

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 a Azerbaijan Land Forces missile unit housing both the LORA and the FSO Polonez.[5][6] 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.[7] It was initially thought to have destroyed the bridge, but later evidence suggested it had only inflicted limited damage.[8]

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.[9][10]

## Comparable systems

* Predator Hawk
* Hadès
* Nasr
* Oka
* Tochka
* Prahaar
* MGM-140B/E ATACMS
* Iskander
* Fateh-110
* Šumadija (multiple rocket launcher)
* Khalij Fars

## References

1. ↑ MathovGadi (15 October 2009). "לורה, הסרט בלמס". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u4YKqpYtfw. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. ↑ IAI (20 June 2017). "LORA Brochure". https://www.iai.co.il/sites/default/files/2020-06/LORA Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. ↑ Trevithick, Joseph (21 June 2017). "Israel Just Launched A Containerized Ballistic Missile From The Deck Of A Ship". http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11723/israel-just-launched-a-containerized-ballistic-missile-from-the-deck-of-a-ship. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
4. ↑ Farquhar, Peter (24 June 2017). "Israel can now hide missile launch systems in shipping containers" (in en). Business Insider Australia. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/israel-can-now-hide-missile-launch-systems-in-shipping-containers-2017-6. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
5. ↑ "Azerbaijan Shows off Polonez, LORA Missiles From Belarus, Israel". The Jamestown Foundation. 14 June 2018. https://jamestown.org/program/azerbaijan-shows-off-polonez-lora-missiles-from-belarus-israel/. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
6. ↑ "LORA". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 18 June 2018. https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/lora/. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
7. ↑ "Azerbaijan uses Israeli LORA missile in conflict with Armenia". The Jerusalem Post. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/video-shows-azerbaijan-using-israeli-lora-missile-in-conflict-with-armenia-644327.
8. ↑ "LORA" (in en-US). https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/lora/.
9. ↑ https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/aero-india-2023-iai-bel-to-jointly-produce-lora-missiles-in-india
10. ↑ https://www.outlookindia.com/business/bharat-electronics-ltd-to-manufacture-israel-s-lora-ballistic-missile-for-indian-tri-services-news-262609

## External links

* LORA brochure on IAI website
* LORA on IAI website
* "LORA - Long Range Artillery Precision Strike Tactical Missile". https://www.iai.co.il/p/lora.
* LORA on defense-update website
* LORA on Deagel website

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