Is this thing for real?

[decoman]

I saw a photo in one of my online newspapers, but i dont fully believe this this thing is for real with the big missile and all.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mlrs-atacms.jpg

Does anyone know what kind of missile this is? I thought the MLRS only had the smaller missiles loaded.

Edit: Sry, i now see that this may be a "M39 Army Tactical Missile System (Army TACMS)"

[Sphynx]

It looks a little odd however - if you take a look at the casing covers (inc. the bits that are flying off) they still have the 2x3 cover pattern. The covers that are still in place also looks untouched - making the image look like a paste together.

That is not to say however, that the image may not be an 'official' paste-together for marketing / demonstration purposes.

[Big Red 11]

Apparently it's real. If you shorten the url, you can find this:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/atacms.htm

[Skyraider3D]

Looks like a nasty piece of kit. I agree with Sphynx' observations.