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Hamas has developed a vast arsenal in blockaded Gaza
2019-03-28
[Ynet] Despite Israeli efforts, Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", has acquired an impressive array of weapons including Qassam rockets, homemade R-160 (km range), Iranian Fajr-5 rockets, drones, mortars and attack tunnels.

The rocket fired from the Gazoo Strip on Monday was one of the most powerful launched ever by Gazoo murderous Moslems, flying nearly 120 kilometers (70 miles) before it slammed into a house in central Israel, wounding seven people.

Over more than a decade, the Islamic murderous Moslem Hamas group has built up a large arsenal of rockets and missiles. It started with crude short-range projectiles and now possesses rockets that can strike virtually anywhere in Israel.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Carpet bomb the damn place! Leave nothing bigger than matchsticks and pea gravel. Screw ‘em!
Posted by: Bigfoot Elmerenter4120   2019-03-28 15:14  

#4  This need to be eradicated. And like it or not, a large force ground raid of a week or so in duration will be needed to root out and demolish this stuff.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2019-03-28 14:32  

#3  So expect secondary and tertiary explosions?

Quaternary explosions if you include heads at the UN.

Hamas has painted themselves into a bit of a corner. For years, they made a living annoying the Juice, causing enough mayhem to earn resistance points but not enough to bring the wrath of the IDF down on their heads once and for all. Now, thanks to the deep pockets of their sponsors, they have all sorts of up-gunned weapons like long-range missiles and such. No more launching bottle rockets off a rail propped up on cinder blocks!

The problem is all this new kit can do some real damage AND Hamas's sponsors expect some return on their investment. Throw in Hamas supporters, always a frothy bunch, clamoring for action and you have a recipe for an actual war.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-03-28 14:22  

#2  another technical advance that the IDF needs is a way to kill the missiles in their early boost phase, especially the long range ones

will require having a working directed energy device on a drone, good targeting, etc.

probably several years away

of course Skidmark's solution of having the stored missiles explode in situ works too
Posted by: lord garth   2019-03-28 13:13  

#1  So expect secondary and tertiary explosions?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-03-28 00:19  

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