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2005-09-23 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Palestinian rocket hits Israel, first since pullout

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-23 10:54|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now is good time to open up with artillery into Gaza.

Posted by ed 2005-09-23 11:44|| 2005-09-23 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Where are the anti-mortar/rocket lasers? The tech is in Israel, so they should deploy it immediately.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-23 11:51|| 2005-09-23 11:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Fresh from Haretz-Flash:

18:25 Hospital doctors say four killed, 25 wounded in explosion at Hamas Gaza rally (AP)

Posted by Snaigum Crump7457 2005-09-23 12:06|| 2005-09-23 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 UPDATE:

JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip - A large explosion went off Friday at a Hamas rally where group members paraded with homemade weapons and explosives, killing four Palestinians and wounding 25, hospital officials said. Seven of the wounded were in serious condition, they said. Witnesses pulled body parts out of a vehicle that appeared to have been destroyed by the blast. An unmanned Israeli aircraft flew over the militant group's rally, but the Israeli military denied involvement in the blast.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-23 12:09|| 2005-09-23 12:09|| Front Page Top

#5 THEL uses Deuterium Flouride gas as the lasing medium at $3000 a shot. The damage done by these rockets is not worth the cost of the laser chemicals. $350 155mm artillery shells or $700 1000 lb. bombs are a much better response.

Running score:
Israelis 3, Hamas -4

Posted by ed 2005-09-23 12:33|| 2005-09-23 12:33|| Front Page Top

#6 A large explosion went off Friday at a Hamas rally where group members paraded with homemade weapons and explosives,

People parading around with homemade explosives, and the press wonders if Israel was behind the explosion?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-23 12:49|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-23 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Sep 23, 2005 â GAZA (Reuters) - The death toll from an explosion on Friday at a militant rally in the Gaza Strip has risen to 10, medics said, including two children. It was the first deadly incident in Gaza since Israel's pullout.

The Israeli army denied involvement in the explosion in Jabalya refugee camp, which occured during a demonstration in support of the Islamic group Hamas attended by thousands. The blast also wounded at least 60 people, medics said.

Perhaps one of those guys who likes to parade around wearing a boom belt got carried away?

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-09-23 12:52|| 2005-09-23 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 ahhhh the first post-gaza-pullout car swarm!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-23 13:04|| 2005-09-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Work Accidents on Parade. Sponsored by Mutual of Gaza...

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-23 13:18|| 2005-09-23 13:18|| Front Page Top

#10 ed: the concept is to shoot down the occasional rocket that you can ballistically tell may do some serious harm. 90% just make a hole in dirt, but it's worth it to blow up that 10% that might hit a school or other civilian target.

Counter-battery fire is just an opportunity for them to surround their missile tubes with women and children.

After a time, the technology will improve and the price-per-shot should drop, I would hope. At some point, it would be worth it to shoot down everything.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-23 17:10|| 2005-09-23 17:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Gaza strip map.

http://tinyurl.com/79r2p

Every value target on the Israeli side could possibly be covered by 3 or 4 lasers, my guess.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-23 17:13|| 2005-09-23 17:13|| Front Page Top

#12 to follow up on 'moose's point:

MTHEL represents a transformational weapon system - the first mobile directed energy weapon that will be able to destroy tactical airborne threats in midair. In order to achieve a high rate of fire, designers are looking into the use of high energy capsules, which can be loaded prior to each shot. The cost per shot, primarily cost of the chemicals used to fuel the laser, is expected to be in the thousands of dollars - far less expensive than the cost of kinetic energy defense systems.

There are a number of issues involved in use of the THELs. Among them the angle of attack and distance of launch for the incoming ....

Posted by lotp 2005-09-23 20:42|| 2005-09-23 20:42|| Front Page Top

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