Posted on 07/13/2006 10:08:43 AM PDT by dan_s
Edited on 07/13/2006 10:42:45 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Just a headline on British Sky News
UPDATE:
Why? Hizbollah is being run out of Syria and Iran, not Lebonon.
I was reading from an earlier thread about a thunder 1 and 2 Iran had, the 1 was 9 miles distance and the 2 was (i believe) 43 miles. They were mobile guns, similar to cannons or howitzers.
Kofi can't figure that out. He has shi'ite for brains..
Notice who is being quiet in all this...the Saudis...and the Jordanians and the Egyptians..
I wonder if there has been a quiet understanding struck....to allow Israel to bring down Hamas and Hiz...a peg or two.
OMG - -Looking at a Katyusha Rocket threat map for Isriel, Haifa is well beyond its range. What sort of rocket or missle was it. Scud maybe?
The Katyusha Rocket Threat (MAP)
http://www.iris.org.il/katyusha.htm
News scroll on Haaretz website says no injuries in Haifa.
Not a Kassam rocket.
a new variant of the Russian Katusha Rocket. This one is called "Thunder 1"
Likely a Katusha with more boost and smaller payload - practically no further details available.
CNN reporter just said haifi is 40 km away from border..plus add on a few KM since they likley didnt fire right at the border
Chicago or LA
Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.
I hate that commercial. The Israeli's have taken that commercial to mean something else entirely now though, haven't they? Hit the terrorists head on!
Why would Israel do that? Do you think they don't know who their enemy is? Damascus, yes, Beruit, no.
IDF buzzing Assad's palace again?
I don't know if this is the same, but they are Iranian:
One of the Iranian military's greatest threats are its self-propelled howitzers. The Shahid Industrial Complex manufactures two models of self-propelled howitzer, a 36 tonne 155mm, and a 17.5 tonne 122 mm. All parts of these weapon systems are locally produced using Iranian steel including their 850 horsepower diesel engines and their 8 gear transmissions. The 155 mm “Thunder 2” self-propelled howitzer has inch-thick welded steel armour requiring a near direct hit to destroy it. The Thunder 2 can travel at 65 kph with a range of 450 km and can fire four, several-pound, rocket-assist high explosive projectiles per minute to a distance of 30 km. The Thunder 2 is a knock-off of the American (United Defense Industries) M109 of which 440 were sold to the Shah, many still operational.
The Thunder 2 has been in quantity production for several years. The self-propelled fleet is supplemented by a large number of towed howitzers, both 155 mm and 122 mm, manufactured by Hadid Armament Industries Group. These weapons are towed into battle by 6 x 6 ten tonne trucks which can also carry substantial amounts of ammunition.
source: http://www.republic-news.org/archive/97-repub/97_kay.htm
Haifa is to Tel Aviv as _____________ is to Washington D.C.?
Geographically or politically? Geographically, I'd probably answer "Baltimore". But someone with a better knowledge of the area may have a better answer. And I don't know much about Haifa as a city, except that it has a pretty big port.
LQ
LOL I hate the damn commercial too!
40 km is almost 25 miles.
Uh, Isaiah 17 appears to be very close.
"If Israel takes any sort of retaliatory action, it will be broadly and roundly condemned.
Israel is supposed to just shut up and take it."
Not anymore- I hope.
I like having smart friends :)
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