PALESTINIAN MISSILE THREAT EXPANDS...

American Foreign Policy Council ^ | 12/7/06 | Ilan Berman, ed.

[bruinbirdman]

PALESTINIAN MISSILE THREAT EXPANDS...
Tel Aviv’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper (November 28) is reporting that the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the radical armed militia of the PLO’s Fatah party, has added a new short-range rocket to its arsenal. The “Jund Allah 1” reportedly was showcased in the group’s most recent public demonstration against the tenuous peace treaty just established between Israel and the Palestinian Authority’s Hamas-dominated government. Hamas, meanwhile, is also hard at work on its strategic capabilities. The terrorist group-turned-government is working to upgrade its missiles to make them “more accurate and effective,” Yediot Ahronot (November 20) reports a spokesman for the group’s paramilitary force, the Qassam Brigades, as saying.

...PROMPTING A NEW FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY IN ISRAEL
Ha’aretz (November 29) reports that Israel is monitoring the progress of the “Skyshield” air defense system being developed by Lockheed Martin as a potential answer to the difficulties posed by the crude Qassam and Katyusha short-range rockets favored by Palestinian militants. A “gun-based air defense system,” the “Skyshield” is mounted on helicopters and low-flying aircraft which “uses bursting rounds that explode in proximity of the target”. Although the Katyushas and Qassams have yet to be intercepted in-flight, early testing has seen the rockets successfully penetrated by the Skyshield’s Tungsten rounds. Lockheed expects the $15 million system will be deliverable by early next year, and that it will be effective against mortars and artillery shells as well.

[bruinbirdman]

Subscritpion needed

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2006/11/jihad_media_lov.html

http://abaleboosteh.blogspot.com/2006/11/gaza-west-bank-soldiers-of-god.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3333755,00.html

"Al-Aqsa Brigades present new rocket"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Members of Fatah's armed wing parade in Nablus to show off new Jund Allah 1 rocket; activists: 'If Israel attacks, rockets will be fired at Israeli targets'
Ali Waked
Published: 11.28.06, 18:37
As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians goes into its third day, dozens of members of the of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade gathered in Nablus for a military parade showing off what they say is the new and improved rockets of the organization in the West Bank.

The activists claimed that the rocket is a new model called Jund Allah 1, and it will be operational soon to be launched at Israeli targets.

The Brigades clarified that in case of an Israeli escalation, the rockets will land in a short time in Israel.

However, senior commanders within the organization told Ynet that the cell which displayed the rockets does indeed belong to the organization, but there has not been a decision yet whether to restart the rocket fire towards Israel. According to one of the commanders, the group consists of young activists who are looking to prove themselves, to claim credit and to make themselves noticed.

"But from here to actual fire, the distance is long," he said.""

[JerseyHighlander]

Olmert must be removed now.

[sgtbono2002]

I agree. They must stop playing opattycake with these people. They must move back into the Golan and this time occupy it with a firm hand. Stop all this garbage about a Palestinian State , how many times does it take before the world realises that these people arent capable of having a state. They cannot finance a state they cannot stop fighting each other, they cannot do the basic things necessary to be a State.

[wodinoneeye]

More accurate = more Israeli casualties = sooner the Israelis bulldoze them into the sea.