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| India-Pakistan |
| Rockets fired at check post |
| 2006-01-16 |
 MIRANSHAH: Five rockets were fired at a paramilitary check post near the Afghan border, however, no casualties were reported, a security official said on Sunday. Suspected militants fired rockets at Amin check post near Miranshah late on Saturday, the official told AFP. The soldiers responded immediately, exchanging fire with the militants for more than 90 minutes, the official said, adding that casualties among the insurgents were unknown. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 LOL! SOB it does look like a Gore vehicle. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-16 12:04 |
| #6 Naomi Wolf & Assoc.© |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-16 11:12 |
| #5 Well, I guess it could be an AeroTech Astrobee, but the colors.... who does earthtones in scale rockets? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-16 10:36 |
| #4 Steve, have you seen the Kassam launchers? Not a marvel of engineering. During the Afghan war, the muj rested 107mm rockets rocks. Apropos since that is about all they hit. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-16 10:22 |
| #3 Umm, remember folks, the pictures are almost always sarcastic and a spoof, unless they're not. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-01-16 10:11 |
| #2 Yep, needs a rail at least twice the airframe length. Perhaps that's for display. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-16 06:28 |
| #1 If that is what they use for rocket launchers, they should be more concerned about the rocket doing a 180 back onto them. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-16 00:30 |