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To: Stoat
Then, just 50ft away, the roof of a family home burst into a ball of flames as a Katyusha rocket ploughed into it. A mother of three, her hands clutching her face, ran screaming into the debris-strewn street as flames licked through the shattered suburban home.

How much warning time do the inhabitants get that a rocket is headed for their region?

3 posted on 07/19/2006 2:40:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
How much warning time do the inhabitants get that a rocket is headed for their region?

I know that air raid sirens are used when possible, but in this case the distances are so small that I don't think that there's time for warnings...that's why everyone is living in bunkers 24/7.

6 posted on 07/19/2006 2:45:32 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
How much warning time do the inhabitants get that a rocket is headed for their region?

In Iraq, we've always gotten exactly...none. You know when it hits and shakes the living daylights out of everything around you.

7 posted on 07/19/2006 2:46:52 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from suddenly one of the safer places in the Middle East)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
How much warning time do the inhabitants get that a rocket is headed for their region?
The only warning for the first rocket is the whine as it descends.
It takes less than a minute for a Katushka to crash somewhere within its "target" area.
18 posted on 07/19/2006 6:24:28 PM PDT by rmlew (I'm a Goldwater Republican... Don Goldwater 2006!)
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