Posted on 09/11/2015 10:04:42 AM PDT by robowombat
Sep 11, 2015 | by Amir Shah KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban fired a series of missiles into a U.S. base in Afghanistan late Thursday but caused no injuries among the soldiers or personnel at the base, an Afghan official said. There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from Washington. According to Massum Farzahee, the police chief of Bagram district in Parwan province, attackers fired four missiles around 9 p.m., targeting the Bagram Air Base, located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of the Afghan capital, Kabul. Three rockets hit inside the base, the police chief said, but no one was harmed. .......
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Missles?..................
Tube launched rockets more likely. There are videos where these jokers put them in ditches generally pointed towards the targets and lettemrip on delayed fusing. Long gone after they’re fired so airborne reaction response doesn’t do much good.
Rockets.
Used all the time. Very inaccurate.
Where’d they get missiles from?
Oh rockets. Like the ones Hezebola shoots at Israel probably which leads back to Iran.
How is a couple rockets lobbed into BAF even a headline?
Last time I was there this was a common occurrence.
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