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2002-07-02 Axis of Evil

Baghdad using new mobile missile launchers

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-07-02 09:17 am|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm not a military man, but I wonder whether these things have any reasonable degree of accuracy. Or whether the trucks on which they're mounted will be stable when these missiles are shot from them. Looks like more Mideast trigicomedy in the making.

Posted by Craig Schamp 2002-07-02 18:37:24|| [www.craigschamp.org] 2002-07-02 18:37:24|| Front Page Top

#2 ...but look how much easier it is to get them to the weddings.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-07-02 19:25:52|| 2002-07-02 19:25:52|| Front Page Top

#3 They're 50's and 60's technology. If I remember correctly, they were for medium-range targets, and the SA-2s were for high-altitude targets. They were definitely made for fixed sites, and the original guidance systems used vacuum tube technology.

Posted by Fred 2002-07-02 19:44:23|| 2002-07-02 19:44:23|| Front Page Top