Explosion in Kuwait City

CNN TV Coverage ^ | Wolf Blitzer

[McGruff]

Wolf Blitzer reporting an explosion in Kuwait City. Not a missle.

[aristeides]

If Iraq has Sunburns, our ships in the Gulf better watch out.

[jackbill]

Anyway, my question is: if this WAS a missile, as Fox News is confirming now, what happened to the air raid warnings?

Some have suggested that it was a Silkworm missile, at low altitude. If so, it might have been flying "under the radar". Nothing's perfect, you know.

[areafiftyone]

Watching MSNBC and they have the witch from AlJerkzera on and she is sooo disgusting. You can see her loathing for the Kuwaiti people!

[Semper911]

Anyone else see this?

I saw it. It was clearly written in English.

[jwalsh07]

They may, judging by the anti-GPS hardware the Commies sold them, but I think they are just lobbing Al Samouds whenever they get a chance from somewhere around Basra.

Mobile Launcher hidden somewhere.

[jerseygirl]

Do you know what kind of missile it could be? I'm at a loss.

[aristeides]

Would a Patriot have anything like that written on it? (Apparently there is a Patriot battery very near this mall.)

[ET(end tyranny)]

Wonder if that missile has siblings that hit markets in Baghdad?

[Republicanus_Tyrannus]

Ah. So I was correct. A joke posting.

Everyone? Can you stop it? Please?

[Semper911]

I not an ordnance specialist, but the news people are saying it was an anti-ship missile. Short range, low altitude, no guidance.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

Yes, we are all armchair experts :>)

[jerseygirl]

Could one missile have been Iraqi and another a Patriot which was launched to intercept?

[jwalsh07]

Eminently possible but from a different launcher Al Samoud B is good for about 110 miles, Baghdad is about 275 miles North.

[jerseygirl]

Hmmmm. Now to find out from whence it came...

[cgk]

According to Newsmax, they may as well have them:

Nuclear Arms race in Asia

Most notable:
"The Sunburn combines a Mach 2.5 speed with a very low-level flight pattern that uses violent end maneuvers to throw off defenses. After detecting the Sunburn, the U.S. Navy Phalanx point defense system may have only 2.5 seconds to calculate a fire solution – not enough time before the devastating impact of a 750 lb. warhead

The Chinese proliferation is aimed at improving missiles inside Syria, Libya, Iran and Iraq

[John H K]

There's always the (slim, but real) possibility of malfunctioning Tomahawk.

[Semper911]

Could one missile have been Iraqi and another a Patriot which was launched to intercept?

That's what I am thinking. Just don't know, and might never know.

[jwalsh07]

Could one missile have been Iraqi and another a Patriot which was launched to intercept?

Absolutely, the Patriot could have hit late.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Russian cruise missle?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Perhaps it is actually Italian writing. Someone swears they saw the word "fragile"...

Perhaps the work of the Al Bumpushounds?