As a solid-fuel rocket, this could be fired at short notice from mobile launchers.

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As a result, real concerns are beginning to be expressed about the viability of the U.S. industrial base for solid-fuel rocket motors.

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Iraq is also believed to be capable of manufacturing solid rocket fuel.

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The term hybrid is used because this type of rocket motor uses neither all-liquid fuel nor all-solid fuel, but a combination of both.

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