CHINA, TURKEY DEVELOP ADVANCED ROCKET
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- China and Turkey have developed and marketed an advanced rocket.
Industry sources said Ankara and Beijing have completed development of the B-611 rocket. The sources said the B-611 marked a secret Chinese-Turkish project meant to supply artillery-based rockets to both countries as well as client states, particularly in the Middle East.
"We also have to consider a gray area, in which a couple of Chinese companies are now marketing artillery rockets that border on the edge of short-range ballistic missiles," Richard Fischer, a leading U.S. expert on China's military, said. "The B-611 was developed in cooperation with Turkey, the WS-2."
The WS-2 was termed a Chinese rocket with a range of up to 180 kilometers. Sources said the WS-2 was a variant of the Soviet-origin Frog-7.
The brother of the B-611, the WS2 rocket:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agoX9KXZ50Y