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Troops Detain Suspected Taliban Extremists, Find Weapons
American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2007 – Coalition forces detained four suspected militants during an operation yesterday in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province to disrupt extremist networks.
Forces conducted a search of compounds in the Deh Rawod district targeting Taliban insurgents reported to be conducting insurgent operations. Intelligence reports also indicated Taliban insurgents were actively engaged in facilitating foreign-fighter networks.
During the operations, coalition forces detained four individuals suspected of having links to Taliban extremists. The detained individuals will be questioned as to their involvement in insurgent operations as well as other extremist activities.
Coalition forces also recovered several weapons and explosives which were destroyed in place to prevent their use by extremist forces.
“Coalition forces’ aggressive pursuit of extremist networks will continue to erode the Taliban’s ability to conduct militant operations against Afghan and coalition Forces,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)
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US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time
AFP via Breitbart ^ | Dec 4 07:35 PM US/Eastern | AFP
Posted on 12/04/2007 3:52:23 PM PST by ECM
A US F-16 fighter used an air-to-air missile to destroy a sounding rocket in its boost phase for the first time this week in a test of a new missile defense concept, US spokesmen said Tuesday.
The system — named the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCDE) — breaks new ground in that it would arm fighter aircraft or drones with missiles fast enough to intercept a ballistic missile as it lifts into space.
The aircraft would have to get to within a 100 miles of the launch site to catch the ascending missile in the first two to three minutes after launch.
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