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Air defenses repel Israeli rocket attack on surroundings of Damascus, shoot down most rockets
2019-08-26
[SANA.SY] The Syrian Arab Army’s air defenses repelled an Israeli rocket attack on the surroundings of Damascus before midnight, shooting down most of them before they could reach their targets.
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A military source told SANA that at 11:30 PM on Saturday, air defenses detected hostile targets approaching from above the Golan towards the surroundings of Damascus, and the attack was dealt with immediately and efficiently, destroying most of the Israeli rockets before they could reach their targets,
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Posted by:Fred

#1  shooting down most of them before they could reach their targets.

This is kinda sorta how a missile attack works - the defense is going to shoot down a certain number, so the attacker sends that many plus a few more.

Defender: We stopped most of the incoming! Yay!
Attacker: The ones they didn't stop blew up their stuff. HAHAHA!
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-26 18:33  

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