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2006-10-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF intelligence: Hamas has anti-aircraft missiles
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Posted by Fred 2006-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Intensive artillery counter-battery for a couple of square klicks around any anti-aircraft missile launch site. Make it extremely costly to launch a single one of them.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-16 00:28||   2006-10-16 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 You may find these links of interest:

Raytheon - Vender of the TPQ–36, TPQ–37, and TPQ–47 counter-battery systems, a.k.a. FireFinder, which have been selected for production and integration by US military.

Note: These counter-battery systems are usually designated "CM/CB" (counter-mortar/counter-battery) in US gov't docs.

2002 Army Counter-Battery Budget Specs and Schedule (PDF) - The schedule for development, testing, etc of the Raytheon counter-battery systems. Note that live testing was scheduled for 4thQ, 2002.

Firefinder Programs Overview (PPT) - Note the AN-TPQ47, the latest generation and the one they appear to be working to deploy, program schedule is on the next to last slide. Only 7 systems are to be completed by end of 2005. Full production not to begin until 2006.

So, um, how many of these are there, today? Have they trained up crews and actually begun deploying them in numbers, yet? Where, exactly?

It's easy to call for this and call for that. It is another thing entirely to operate within reality, methinks.
Posted by .com 2006-10-16 01:51||   2006-10-16 01:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't one of the RB regulars a justifiably proud Raytheon guy?

Perhaps he will update us, within OpSec, on this topic.
Posted by .com 2006-10-16 02:12||   2006-10-16 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 That would be the rapidly recuperating Jackal.
Posted by Shipman 2006-10-16 07:33||   2006-10-16 07:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Raytheon is a really huge conglomerate, and I am not in that division (they're mostly in El Segundo and Taxachusetts). You want to talk missiles and strike weapons, I have a clue; for this kind of stuff, I don't.

Oh, and I think I am turning the corner. After a second operation to put in a shunt, the dizziness and fainting have stopped, at the expense of sore ribs and looking like I have mange. Still need to kill off the tumor itself. Radiation shrunk it, but I'm at the Rad limit and it's still there. Chemo starts next week.
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2006-10-16 11:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2006-10-16 11:25|| Front Page Top

#6 We're crossing fingers for you Jackal.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-16 11:28||   2006-10-16 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Good luck, and courage, Jackal.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-16 11:29||   2006-10-16 11:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Ditto - take care and good luck... and thanks for putting up with me buggin you. :-)
Posted by .com 2006-10-16 11:33||   2006-10-16 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Best wishes Jackal, we're here for you.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-10-16 11:47||   2006-10-16 11:47|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll say a prayer for you Jackal! Good luck!!
Posted by anon 2006-10-16 12:18||   2006-10-16 12:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Good luck, Jackal honey.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-10-16 12:27|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-10-16 12:27|| Front Page Top

#12 amen, Jackal
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-16 13:53||   2006-10-16 13:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Keep growling, Jackal!
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-16 14:14||   2006-10-16 14:14|| Front Page Top

#14 "the dizziness and fainting have stopped"
"Radiation shrunk it"

That's encouraging news, Jackal. Keep Howling.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-16 14:39||   2006-10-16 14:39|| Front Page Top

#15 Keep your muzzle up Jackal. I'm praying you beat it.
Posted by remoteman 2006-10-16 15:40||   2006-10-16 15:40|| Front Page Top

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