Question: The "Karine A" affair, also known as Operation "Noah's Ark", was an Israeli military action in January of which year, in which Israeli forces seized MV "Karine A", which, according to IDF, was a Palestinian freighter in the Red Sea, the vessel was found to be carrying 50 tons of weapons, including the short-range Katyusha multiple rocket launcher?

Context articles: Victoria Affair
Pampero MRL
RM-51
BM-27 Uragan
Karine A affair
LAROM
RM-70 multiple rocket launcher
Katyusha rocket launcher
BM-21 Grad
Type 82 artillery

The Victoria Affair (code name Operation Iron Law) was a military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in March 2011 in which the Israeli Navy intercepted the vessel "Victoria" on the international waters in the Mediterranean, and discovered concealed weapons which, according to the IDF, were destined for Palestinian militant organizations in the Gaza Strip.
 The vessel was found to be carrying approximately 50 tons of weapons, including C-704 anti-ship missiles, rocket launchers, radar systems, mortar shells and rifle ammunition.
The SLAM (Sistema Lanzacohetes de Artillería Múltiple – or Multiple Rocket Launcher System) "Pampero" is an Argentinian multiple rocket launcher (a type of rocket artillery) from Cold War and modern eras.
 Currently is mounted in IVECO Trakker 6x4 trucks, in a similar way to the soviet Katyushas.
The RM-51 ("Raketomet vzor 1951") multiple rocket launcher was a Czechoslovak army alternative of the BM-13 multiple rocket launcher developed in the 1950s.
The BM-27 Uragan (Russian: Ураган , "hurricane"; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher system designed in the Soviet Union.
 It began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and was its first modern spin and fin stabilized heavy multiple rocket launcher.
The "Karine A" affair, also known as Operation "Noah's Ark" (Hebrew: מבצע תיבת נוח‎ ‎ "Mivtza Teyvat Noah"), was an Israeli military action in January 2002 in which Israeli forces seized MV "Karine A", which, according to IDF, was a Palestinian freighter in the Red Sea.
 The vessel was found to be carrying 50 tons of weapons, including short-range Katyusha rockets, antitank missiles, and high explosives.
The LAROM is a Romanian native-made, highly mobile, multiple rocket launcher, attached to a DAC-25.360 6x6 truck, in service with the Romanian Land Forces, built in collaboration with Israel.
 Currently there are 24 systems in service, all operated by the 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade.
 Most likely it was influenced by the BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) system which entered service with the Soviet Army in 1963 also utilizing a six-by-six truck chassis fitted with a bank of 40 122mm launch tubes arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected cabin.
The RM-70 ("raketomet vzor 1970") multiple rocket launcher is a Czechoslovakian army version and heavier variant of the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, providing enhanced performance over its parent area-saturation artillery system that was introduced in 1971 (the NATO designation is M1972).
The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher (Russian: Катю́ша ; ] ) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II.
 Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more quickly than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
 They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are inexpensive, easy to produce, and usable on any chassis.
 The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks.
 This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.
The BM-21 "Grad" (Russian: БМ-21 "Град" ), is a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher.
 The weapons system and the M-21OF rocket it fires were developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border conflict.
 "BM" stands for "boyevaya mashina" (combat vehicle), and the nickname "grad" means "hail".
 The complete system with the BM-21 launch vehicle and the M-21OF rocket is designated as the M-21 field rocket system.
 The complete system is more commonly known as a Grad multiple rocket launcher system.
 In NATO countries, the system (either the complete system or the launch vehicle only) was initially known as M1964.
 Several other countries have copied it or developed similar systems.
The Type 82 Artillery is a 30-tube 130 mm multiple rocket launcher used by the People's Liberation Army of China.
 It is replacing the 19 tube 130 mm multiple rocket launcher of the Type 70 (on a YW 531C) and Type 63 (on a 4X4 truck).