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| IDF intelligence: Hamas has anti-aircraft missiles |
| 2006-10-16 |
| The head of the IDF intelligence research department, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, said Sunday that Hamas was smuggling advanced anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles into the Gaza Strip. The development meant that the army had to prepare for a new reality in Gaza that would likely include stiffer resistance to IDF raids. The new weapons could also increase the danger for aircraft flying missions over Gaza, Baidatz said. Baidatz added that weapons smuggling from Syria to Lebanon was continuing, in contravention of the UN ceasefire resolution. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 Keep your muzzle up Jackal. I'm praying you beat it. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2006-10-16 15:40 |
| #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 |
| #13 Keep growling, Jackal! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-16 14:14 |
| #12 amen, Jackal |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-16 13:53 |
| #11 Good luck, Jackal honey. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-16 12:27 |
| #10 I'll say a prayer for you Jackal! Good luck!! |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-16 12:18 |
| #9 Best wishes Jackal, we're here for you. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-10-16 11:47 |
| #8 Ditto - take care and good luck... and thanks for putting up with me buggin you. :-) |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-16 11:33 |
| #7 Good luck, and courage, Jackal. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-16 11:29 |
| #6 We're crossing fingers for you Jackal. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-16 11:28 |
| #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 2006-10-16 11:25 |
| #4 That would be the rapidly recuperating Jackal. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-10-16 07:33 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 2006-10-16 00:28 |