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2013-07-11 Arabia

Photos Suggest Saudis Targeting Iran, Israel With Ballistic Missiles

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-11 00:29|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 not "remotely controlled". So? Missiles of this sort have a target programmed in and use inertial or GPS for guidance and get themselves to the target. I imagine radical manuvering isn't possible, so they'd want to be launched generally in the right direction.
Or they're giant Katyushas.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2013-07-11 07:57|| 2013-07-11 07:57|| Front Page Top

#2 The missiles are stored in an underground silo built into a rocky hillside. To the north of the facility are two circle-shaped launch pads, both with compass-style markings showing the precise direction that the launchers should fire in,

Pretty crude means of targeting, for modern missiles.

That's not a standard means, there's no guidance other than "Point and shoot", piss poor.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-11 08:23|| 2013-07-11 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Pretty crude means of targeting, for modern missiles.

For show and tell, it's adequate. The days of using Western Union to send a message is well past.

Subtext is - The gang in Washington is a bunch of amateurs and we're looking to our own devices to deal with the world around us.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-07-11 09:50|| 2013-07-11 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Follow hwy 5611 to an auxiliary airfield (24 13' 57" N. / 44 41' 55" E). The "aiming circles" BS, the roads to them are substandard. Lots of other "interesting" things to see in the area.

Posted by Tzsenator 2013-07-11 15:26|| 2013-07-11 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Y'know, Gaza is just a little south of Tel Aviv, relatively speaking.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-11 21:04|| 2013-07-11 21:04|| Front Page Top

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