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Hamas Upgraded: Anti-Aircraft Missiles Fired From Gaza At Israeli Warplane
2012-10-17
[Ma'an] Paleostinian gunnies fired anti-aircraft missiles at an Israeli warplane flying over the Gazoo Strip last week, Israeli media reported Tuesday.

The missiles missed their target but the incident marked the first time anti-aircraft weaponry has been used in Gazoo, the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth said.

Israeli warplanes have killed eight Paleostinians in a series of Arclight airstrikes on the Gazoo Strip in the last 10 days.

On Oct. 7, Israel bombed a busy neighborhood in Rafah in southern Gazoo, killing one thug who was riding a cycle of violence and wounding 10 others, including five children.

Militant factions affiliated to Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the liquidation of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
joined forces to fire a barrage of rockets at Israeli military sites leading to further Israeli shelling and the death of two more Paleostinians in an escalation that lasted several days.

Violence flared again over the weekend, when a series of Israeli bombs killed five Paleostinians in 24 hours and gunnies in Gazoo fired rockets across the border into southern Israel.
Posted by:trailing wife

#13  thanks WCL

so

AN = Army/Navy
A= Airborne
L= countermeasure
Q= multipurpose/special equipment
Q=?
Posted by: lord garth   2012-10-17 20:00  

#12  LG - Information on military equipment nomenclature can be found at: http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/electronics.html
Posted by: WCJ   2012-10-17 17:07  

#11  AN = Army/Navy
A= Airborne
L=?
Q=?
Posted by: lord garth   2012-10-17 15:02  

#10  Time to start using artillery.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-10-17 14:46  

#9  MANPADS from Libya?
Posted by: newc   2012-10-17 13:45  

#8  Northrop Grumman is the 'big dog' in the flares and MWS (missile warning measures) business. My facts are dated, but those individual flares used to cost about $125. each. Pretty costly when you see entire cans dumped in a photo demo.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-17 12:30  

#7  Besoeker - I worked on (the computer cards for) some AN/ALQ systems 40 years ago, but don't think I ever knew what the letters stood for.
Posted by: Bobby   2012-10-17 12:19  

#6  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed some of the most advanced airborne defensive systems in the world. We've got the AN/ALQ Countermeasures Set of systems. I'm not overly concerned.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-17 11:42  

#5  Bets on Iranian-sourced Russian MANPADs?
Posted by: mojo   2012-10-17 11:14  

#4  Hamas has had anti aircraft missiles since mid 2010.

IDF assets have been taking this into account in their maneuvering, targeting, etc. Big surprise is that Hamas has not used those missiles before.
Posted by: lord garth   2012-10-17 09:40  

#3  So, soon will be the first time HARM missiles have been fired into Gaza?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-10-17 09:22  

#2  Getting time to pave the road.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-10-17 08:02  

#1  FOX NEWS says they fired at an IDF Helo but failed to bring it down.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-10-17 00:27  

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