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2024-06-17 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

'Defence system' on attacked troop carrier failed to work: Report

[Al Jazeera] A preliminary investigation by the Israeli military found the Hamas
Hamas

..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
attack that killed eight troops in an army vehicle near Rafah was carried out with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and a defence system failed to stop it.

The short range of the rocket launch is likely why the system didn’t work, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation reports. The armoured personnel carrier was carrying eight Israeli soldiers from the 601st engineering battalion.

The rocket penetrated outer compartments where bombs and mines were kept, and "secondary explosions left no chance for the soldiers to survive", it said.

The body of a Paleostinian fighter and an RPG launcher was found during a search in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood northwest of Rafah. He was apparently killed in the blast.

Posted by Fred 2024-06-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top
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#1 A "defense system that failed to work" isn't a defense system. It's unnecessary baggage.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-17 08:37|| 2024-06-17 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 ^It's an excellent system, ed. But it's not perfect - not at point blank range (the way we have continuously to relearn old lessons).

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-06-17 08:44|| 2024-06-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The body of a Paleostinian fighter and an RPG launcher was found during a search in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood northwest of Rafah. He was apparently killed in the blast.

Ah, now they're getting to the Japanese WW2 tactics. Starting to sound more like Iwo Jima and Okinawa without the banzai charges. For someone who believes paradise is the reward in dying for their faith, they seem rather reluctant to do such charges.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-17 10:45|| 2024-06-17 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 EX: Raytheon Quick Kill

Don't know what the Israelis use.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-17 13:04|| 2024-06-17 13:04|| Front Page Top

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