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| Israel-Palestine |
| Gaza terror groups thought to have anti-aircraft missiles |
| 2004-10-25 |
| Palestinian terror organizations in the Gaza Strip my have anti-aircraft missiles in their possession, possibly Strela (SA-7) missiles, the security establishment warned yesterday. For some years the Palestinians have tried to smuggle such missiles from Egypt through tunnels. However, until now no reliable intelligence confirmed the existence of the missiles. A senior military official told Haaretz yesterday that Israel's working premise is now that such missiles do exist in Gaza and the air force is responding accordingly. Combat helicopters are flying with minimum exposure to danger, as was the practice in southern Lebanon. Helicopters carrying senior officers have stopped landing inside Gaza, but rather on landing pads outside the Strip. The downing of an Israeli plane or helicopter is an important objective for the Palestinians, which the fighting of the past weeks has only increased. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #7 So if someone shoved it up Yassir's ass and pulled the trigger, it would need enough thrust to propel him how far? 18m or 500m before it armed and terminated his tracking signal? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-25 4:28:21 PM |
| #6 Max. Range 5,500 meters Min. Range 500 meters Max. Altitude 4,500 meters Min. Altitude 18 meters http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-7.htm |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-25 4:25:13 PM |
| #5 the IAF would be "forced" to clear a no-man's land back from the fence equal to the SA-7 range...so sad..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-25 4:16:27 PM |
| #4 The downing of an Israeli plane or helicopter is an important objective for the Palestinians, which the fighting of the past weeks has only increased. When they say "Israeli plane" does it include civilian aircraft? If these dimwits try to bring down an El Al plane, well.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-25 4:02:37 PM |
| #3 I'd say something stupid like, that don't have anti-aircraft weapons they have export SA-7s, but I won't. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-25 1:52:39 PM |
| #2 Alaska, so true. On the other hand if they thought at all the would not self detonate so often. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-25 2:16:04 AM |
| #1 The downing of an Israeli plane or helicopter by the Paleos will bring upon them a rain of steel death that they cannot imagine. For starters, the Arafish bowl will be vaporized. The Paleos better think this thing through before they REALLY do something stupid. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-25 2:12:04 AM |