Posted on 07/17/2014 12:53:41 PM PDT by Red Badger
Netanyahu's office says purpose of mission is to destroy terror tunnels and seriously harm the infrastructure of Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza.
DF ground forces began to move into the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, the prime minister's office confirmed.
The purpose of the operation was to destroy the Gazan terror tunnels leading to Israel, according to a statement released by the prime minister's office.
Kick A#% and take names IDF! Don’t give them one bit of sympathy! Do the world a favor and kill the damn vermin!
Time for Bibi’s Boyz to clean house... Go get ‘em. Prayers with you
I have a feeling that after this, Hamas will be no mas.................
Maybe they are cannons. We used to call our artillery guys in the USMC ‘cannon cockers’................
Pray for Israel.
Dealing with tunnels is a long term challenge for the Engineers in the IDF. They really should develop some technology/special weapons/demolitions for quickly and safely clearing and thoroughly disabling tunnels. They will likely have to do it repeatedly, and will typically have small windows in which to get the maximum job done.
How about wheelbarrow-sized robots to run a flamethrower through it, and then follow with demolition charges and/or a line charge? Maybe a small motorized platform that a guy in an EOD-like suit could weild a high volume grenade laucher, so the pieces could be carried down stairs or lowered down ladders by soldiers when needed.
Flooding leaves the tunnels intact to be pumped out later, but flooding with fuel for a clearing fire can be followed up with demolition the next day.
If you have enough water and strong enough pumps you could clear tunnels with water and then demolish conventionally, but that is probably only rarely feasible. If you can emplace demolitions with scuba equipment though, flooded tunnels would provide excellent tamping for the charges.
Just some thoughts. Counter tunnel tactics is unlikely to have escaped Israeli attention, so I hope they have some innovative weapons and tactics.
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You do not want to mess with the IDF. Those guys mean business.
Go Israel! God bless them
Guess it's a good time for Obama to jet off to some more fund raisers.
BTTT!!
May He bless and protect Israel.
I remember how badly Israel did in the 2006 Lebanon ground game. Hoping and praying for the best.
That and the sewage treatment plant that the Japanese built. But I still like the way the Egypts handled their end of the tunnels: They started dumping their septic tank waste down them. Haven’t heard lately if they’ve kept up the program but there’s certainly enough poo in Egypt to plug plug a tunnel. At one point the Israelis had a plan to dig a sea level trench around part of the Gaza border but I suppose that would have actually cleaned the place up a bit.
Dealing with tunnels is a long term challenge for the Engineers in the IDF. They really should develop some technology/special weapons/demolitions for quickly and safely clearing and thoroughly disabling tunnels. They will likely have to do it repeatedly, and will typically have small windows in which to get the maximum job done.
How about wheelbarrow-sized robots to run a flamethrower through it, and then follow with demolition charges and/or a line charge? Maybe a small motorized platform that a guy in an EOD-like suit could weild a high volume grenade laucher, so the pieces could be carried down stairs or lowered down ladders by soldiers when needed.
Flooding leaves the tunnels intact to be pumped out later, but flooding with fuel for a clearing fire can be followed up with demolition the next day.
If you have enough water and strong enough pumps you could clear tunnels with water and then demolish conventionally, but that is probably only rarely feasible. If you can emplace demolitions with scuba equipment though, flooded tunnels would provide excellent tamping for the charges.
Just some thoughts. Counter tunnel tactics is unlikely to have escaped Israeli attention, so I hope they have some innovative weapons and tactics.
Not in this case. The Palis/Gazas are terlet challenged. If they had ‘em they’d be proud of ‘em but when was the last time you saw an arab sign pointing to one?
Maybe just sounds funny and why is Shep still on? Arg!
Good luck guys. Hopefully the IDF learned some lessons from the 2006 conflict in southern Lebanon. You know that Hezbollah passed some of its tactics along to Hamas.
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