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IOF Sets Up Battalion to Launch Rockets into Populated Areas: Haaretz
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The "Israel" Occupation Forces is setting up a battalion for launching rockets into populated areas. According to Haaretz, the battalion is part of the Artillery Corps which will carry out missions that so far only the "Israel" Air Force could execute.
Two weeks ago the ground forces approved in principle an Artillery Corps plan for setting up the IOF's first short-range rocket battalion next year. The battalion will first fire rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers and will proceed to long-range rockets in the coming years, military said according to the daily.
The plan is expected to alter the "Israeli" modus operandi. At present, striking a "terror organization's" headquarters, for example, requires the air force to drop a bomb weighing between hundreds of kilograms to a ton on it. The new rocket, designed to carry a 20-kilogram warhead, will be launched by artillery officers.
The rocket, made by "Israel" Military Industries, is estimated to cost between NIS 100,000 and NIS 200,000. With a precision of up to 10 meters of its target, it is seen as highly accurate, the source added.
However, the source noted that when a rocket is fired into a built-up, densely populated area, a 10-meter deflection can wreak destruction and kill uninvolved people.
"With this device, which is a sort of mini-bomb, we can control the extent of the damage," a senior artillery officer said.
"Today we are totally dependent on the air force, as we were in Operation Cast Lead [in Gaza, in December 2008] and the Second Lebanon War. We want the ground forces to be autonomous in exercising fire," he said.
Air force officers voiced reservations in discussions about the long-range rockets, saying their use would overlap some of the air force's missions.
Source: Haaretz, edited by moqawama.org
The "Israel" Occupation Forces is setting up a battalion for launching rockets into populated areas. According to Haaretz, the battalion is part of the Artillery Corps which will carry out missions that so far only the "Israel" Air Force could execute.
Two weeks ago the ground forces approved in principle an Artillery Corps plan for setting up the IOF's first short-range rocket battalion next year. The battalion will first fire rockets with a range of 30 to 40 kilometers and will proceed to long-range rockets in the coming years, military said according to the daily.
The plan is expected to alter the "Israeli" modus operandi. At present, striking a "terror organization's" headquarters, for example, requires the air force to drop a bomb weighing between hundreds of kilograms to a ton on it. The new rocket, designed to carry a 20-kilogram warhead, will be launched by artillery officers. The rocket, made by "Israel" Military Industries, is estimated to cost between NIS 100,000 and NIS 200,000. With a precision of up to 10 meters of its target, it is seen as highly accurate, the source added.
However, the source noted that when a rocket is fired into a built-up, densely populated area, a 10-meter deflection can wreak destruction and kill uninvolved people.
"With this device, which is a sort of mini-bomb, we can control the extent of the damage," a senior artillery officer said.
"Today we are totally dependent on the air force, as we were in Operation Cast Lead [in Gaza, in December 2008] and the Second Lebanon War. We want the ground forces to be autonomous in exercising fire," he said.
Air force officers voiced reservations in discussions about the long-range rockets, saying their use would overlap some of the air force's missions.
Source: Haaretz, edited by moqawama.org
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