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To: george76
Because you don't think the other guy even has any missiles, and believe the only fixed wing aircraft in the area will all be friendly. So to reduce any chance of a friendly fire incident... You know the rest.
196 posted on 07/16/2006 5:06:41 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: JasonC; Chgogal

This was interesting, IMHO.

The Sa'ar 5-class missile ship returned to the Ashdod port and was said to have sustained damage to its rear hull near the helicopter pad...

The C-802 missiles, a senior Military Intelligence officer said Saturday, were made in China but upgraded by Iran, which had made improvements to the radar-guided system and delivered it to Hizbullah.

Senior naval officers admitted Saturday night that they were taken completely by surprise by the missile attack, claiming that they did not know that Hizbullah possessed such advanced capabilities. The missile has a 100-kilometer range.

Officials confirmed that the anti-missile detection systems were not operating at the time of the attack since the navy was apparently unaware that Hizbullah had such capabilities...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886004498&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull


197 posted on 07/16/2006 8:16:53 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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