Posted on 09/09/2001 10:31:38 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Israeli helicopters strike West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank, Sept 9 (AFP) -
Israeli helicopters on Sunday launched missiles at a Palestinian police station in Kabatiya, a town south of the West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian military sources said.
Israeli military sources confirmed that two missiles were fired in the raid.
Helicopter gunships earlier launched assaults on Palestinian targets throughout the West Bank, firing missiles at two offices of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement in and around Ramallah, and a major base of the Palestinian security forces on the southern edge of Jericho.
The attack comes during a day of violence, including two Palestinian suicide bombings as well as a drive-by shooting, which left at least seven people dead and scores injured.
Please use a "Copperhead AT" round next time his car leaves the Hamas/Islamic Jihad Terrorist Headquarters
And stop firing at empty buildings. Maybe they should drop rocks on them.
From US Army FM 6-40, appendix C, TARGET ANALYSIS AND MUNITION EFFECTS AND TERMINAL BALLISTICS:
j. Copperhead. The CLGP, or Copperhead projectile, was designed for high-payoff targets such as enemy armor or command bunkers. The projectile has three distinct sections: guidance, warhead, and control. The round is loaded and fired the same as with other projectiles but with a special switch setting placed on the projectile before firing. It is laser-guided to the target. The Copperhead projectile is only available for the 155-mm howitzer.
A link to the source is: HERE
With all due respect, palie buildings are unlikely to be of any particular value - more like ill-constructed mounds of mud bricks.
Think napalm - cheap, effective, and a marvelous way to focus the mind.
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