# Where did the new Palestinian "Al-Yasser 1" missile come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785 "2004-11-14T23:23:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/1 "2004-11-14T23:23:02Z")
Does the PLO have a factory churing out a new design, or have they merely found a new vendor with a new product line? [I refer to a missle unveiled at some form of demonstration in Gaza.](http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=72056) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/2 "2004-11-14T23:58:57Z")
Uh, [is it even real?](http://www.maarivintl.com/newsimages/yasser%201%20rocket.jpg) :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/3 "2004-11-15T00:17:58Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Uh, [is it even real?](http://www.maarivintl.com/newsimages/yasser%201%20rocket.jpg) :dubious: Only his armorer knows for sure. I dunno, I’ve never seen pictures of rockets they used to have. I had this mental image of old Soviet rockets from those May Day parades being sold off to terrorists, but your picture has much more of a home made “pipe bimb with fins” look to it. And it does look more like an _SNL_ rocket than a PLO rocket. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/4 "2004-11-15T00:34:45Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Only his armorer knows for sure. I dunno, I’ve never seen pictures of rockets they used to have. I had this mental image of old Soviet rockets from those May Day parades being sold off to terrorists, but your picture has much more of a home made “pipe bimb with fins” look to it. > > And it does look more like an _SNL_ rocket than a PLO rocket. Ummm…that Photoshopped image constitutes a Whoosh, IMHO. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/5 "2004-11-15T00:53:33Z")
[Here’s another picture](http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1100405848248) that’s shown up in the last hour or so. It’s from TV coverage and shows no detail, but it’s unlikey the image is doctored. However, there is speculation in the article that that the rockets are dummies ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-new-palestinian-al-yasser-1-missile-come-from/274785/6 "2004-11-15T00:58:56Z")
Also, [here’s a picture](http://www.jinsa.org/documents/200202/1430.jpg) of a different model they’ve used in the past, with the same crude look to it. I guess they do acually have a factory somewhere – the missiles sure don’t look like government issue weapons.