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Some questions about the Hamas rockets (vanity)
Vanity | July 12, 2014 | me

Posted on 07/12/2014 3:58:10 PM PDT by Leaning Right

I was watching a segment on Fox about the current Hamas rocket attack on Israel. Evidently, hundreds of rockets have been launched in the past few days. Three questions occured to me.

One, where did all these rockets come from (who manufactured them)?
Two, who paid for these rockets?
Three, how did these rockets get into Gaza? Were they smuggled in from Egypt?


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I'm guessing these rockets are too sophisticated to be home-made. Anyone with any insights?
1 posted on 07/12/2014 3:58:10 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

There are tunnels all over the place. I hear some are from Iran. Some are sent by ships.


2 posted on 07/12/2014 3:59:44 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: Leaning Right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket


3 posted on 07/12/2014 4:02:27 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Leaning Right

They are being smuggled in originally from Iran, through Lebanon, some through Syria, but the majority of them come through Lebanon..most are the short range rockets, but others have longer range(The ones that you are seeing come through Tel Aviv) the Iron Dome protects Israel the majority of the time, but it can’t be expected to handle all of the rockets being shot in, once in a while a rocket gets through..a few days ago it made a direct hit on a gas station, hurting 1 person severely..the rockets are being shot from the Gaza Strip..Hamas purposely puts these rockets in schools and homes with women and children so that there will be mass casualties and those images will play on TV


4 posted on 07/12/2014 4:02:54 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: PrairieLady2

Iran sent some of them. The “sewer pipe” that was openly delivered was turned into rockets so all of the above I guess.


5 posted on 07/12/2014 4:03:34 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Leaning Right
I think it runs the gamut...

The largest and most accurate probably come as-is from Iran; perhaps a small amount of assembly required.

The next size down probably come as parts and put together in Gaza.

On the low end, I think they are just home grown... doesn't take much to launch a piece of pipe when you couldn't care less where it lands.

Here is plans for an aspiring palee... just omit parachute:


6 posted on 07/12/2014 4:06:25 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Leaning Right

7 posted on 07/12/2014 4:10:16 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: PrairieLady2

Here’s the answer if you want to subscribe.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-firing-china-designed-syria-made-m-302-rockets-israel-n152461

In essence there is always somebody willing to make a buck. Nicolas Cage played an arms dealer in (I think) Lord of War. Essentially, that explains how it works.

Many times other countries are playing at proxy war. Then there are countries like Russia that have zero control over what gets exported so long as the right officials are bribed. Most likely the rockets are from Russia, China, North Korea and/or Iran. All are lawless wild-west zones where a buck will get you anything you want.


8 posted on 07/12/2014 4:10:57 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Leaning Right

A lot of the smaller ones are not much more than PVC pipe with some solid rocket fuel and a little explosives on the tip. They ARE manufactured in Gaza.


9 posted on 07/12/2014 4:22:18 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: Leaning Right
Israeli Ambassador: Hamas Using Iranian Rockets to Attack Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3178411/posts


10 posted on 07/12/2014 4:35:16 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Leaning Right
"Iran attempted to send another shipment of M-302 missiles to Hamas, but the IDF stopped that shipment. The missiles were originally made by Assad’s Syria.
http://missilethreat.com/irans-secret-weapons/


11 posted on 07/12/2014 4:37:50 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Leaning Right
Russia equips Iran for war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532694/posts

Russia's Special Relationship With Iran's Mullahs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603715/posts

Russia says no to sanctions against Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617503/posts

Moscow supports Tehran in nuclear stand-off
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489084/posts


12 posted on 07/12/2014 4:42:52 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

Apparently, another weak spot in the geography is the Sinai. It’s a demilitarized zone and I hear it’s become a haven for terrorists. They can go into gaza from there.

Both Egypt and Israel have been in a quandry as to how to deal with Sinai. If Egypt were to patrol it, then it becomes a security risk for Israel, and is against the agreement between both countries to have their militarys there. So, both chose to honor that agreement.

The mess in the middle east is extremely complex, and I’m only just tapping the edges trying to understand the situation there.

It took someone else to explain to me, some of it. Makes my head spin.


13 posted on 07/12/2014 4:44:10 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: Leaning Right

one might suppose ‘we’ paid for them.
$440 Million to Hamas/Palestine this year


14 posted on 07/12/2014 4:48:49 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: Vermont Lt

Round signpost poles are also used, as I recall. Not that hard to make if you don’t care what they hit.


15 posted on 07/12/2014 5:14:38 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Leaning Right

I suspect the majority of them resemble what you can buy at Hobby Lobby, plus an explosive warhead with a contact detonator.(Only larger)


16 posted on 07/12/2014 5:36:09 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Leaning Right

National Geographic article on the tunnels in Gaza
Some decent info on the tunnels with a WAY left liberal bias
Not the National Geographic I read when I was young
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/gaza-tunnels/verini-text


17 posted on 07/12/2014 6:08:46 PM PDT by BansheeBill
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To: Leaning Right
One, where did all these rockets come from (who manufactured them)?
Most likely Russian surplus, from former Russian satellite countries.

Two, who paid for these rockets?
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and most middle east muslim countries.
Also Europeans and the U.S. under the guise of "humanitarian" help to the "Palestinians."

Three, how did these rockets get into Gaza? Were they smuggled in from Egypt?
Many directly from Syria, by way of various paths from the country of origin. Many by sea, but Israel keeps intercepting the most blatant attempts by sea.

18 posted on 07/12/2014 6:55:53 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Took me right back to childhood with that one.


19 posted on 07/12/2014 7:02:27 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

A very large bombing raid into Germany in WWII was 600 planes, but those bigger bombers in Europe like the B-17 carried more than one bomb, and several 500 or 1000 lb bombs would of course hit the city below from one bomber. B-25, Hudson, B-26 were smaller of course. Stuka had a smaller payload, Lancaster a larger payload so you can’t quite compare WWII to Gaza ....

What is the average payload on these? And how “in-accurate” are they? 1/2 mile in 20 miles? Or worse? Just randomly falling?


20 posted on 07/12/2014 7:33:49 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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