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2003-03-28 Iraq

Possible Silkworm Missile Explodes Near Kuwait City Shopping Mall

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-28 07:00 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 CNN reporter on the scene just gave new details: Its being identified as a "Seersucker"

Also of note, the Czech NBC ( Nuclear Biological and Chemical) Team checked out the scene at the time of the crash. More "unilateral" european action I suppose.

Seersucker link:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/c-201.htm

Posted by Frank Martin 3/28/2003 10:07:47 PM|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 3/28/2003 10:07:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The media is reacting like they dropped a nuke on the place. Be interesting to see where they launched it from if it was a Silkworm.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-28 20:53:53|| 2003-03-28 20:53:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Make no mistake, there is big impact here. If this was launched from Iran, it will be a huge deal. If instead of hitting the seawall and bouncing into the "mall", it had hit a US ship, imagine what Ari would have to hear from Helen Thomas on Monday morning.

Expect more of the same in the near future.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-28 22:11:39|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-28 22:11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The Saddamites hid Scuds on school buses during Gulf War1. Whatever type of missile, it could have been set up beside some barn near the Iraq-Kuwait border. Better to wait for tracking intelligence.

Posted by Anonon 2003-03-28 22:49:58|| 2003-03-28 22:49:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Agreed. Apparently the harbor in Kuwait City would allow for an approach from the north, rather than from the east.

However, I have a sneaking suspicion that it came in from the sea.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-28 23:07:56|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-28 23:07:56|| Front Page Top

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