Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Carrington, January 16, 1787
Player To Be Named Later said:
France has been killing terrorists in Africa on the down low for awhile now. Their spec forces are pretty squared away and have been handling business.
Everyone jokes about them, but the ironic thing is they're now a whole lot more serious than Germany
Germany has been a joke for a long time. They screwed up the Olympic attack and then let go the terrorists they did capture.EskimoJoe said:Player To Be Named Later said:
France has been killing terrorists in Africa on the down low for awhile now. Their spec forces are pretty squared away and have been handling business.
Everyone jokes about them, but the ironic thing is they're now a whole lot more serious than Germany
My, how the turntables have turned...
Houston Lee said:
All 4 cams of the live feed are off. The ground assault must be launching.
Pinochet said:
British rebuttal of the proportionality argument:
https://reddit.com/r/telaviv/s/bIOHKbaNYm
The IDF says during an overnight strike, it killed Billal Al Kedra, a commander of Hamas' commando forces, who was responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre.
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) October 15, 2023
The IDF says it also attacked over 100 targets overnight, killing numerous terrorists. pic.twitter.com/tai9DOf9yr
I am sorry the sounds of our righteous war for justice are disturbing you.....TAMUallen said:
Inquizex feed freaking blows. If they open and close the screen porch door is sounds like an Armageddon.
Any other half way decent feeds?
In 1942, Monty drove the Nazis out of Africa & ultimately ended their massacre of Jews
— Martin Daubney 🇬🇧 (@MartinDaubney) October 15, 2023
Yesterday, these men desecrated Monty's statue in London, while 1000s took to the streets & celebrated the massacre of Jews by Islamist fascists
History is repeating itself. Dark times are… pic.twitter.com/TRh2ZATBBP
Have you ever Googled “Who is Fathi Hamad?” pic.twitter.com/eOvm6G1mGu
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 15, 2023
Listen to this phone call.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 15, 2023
A Gaza resident trying to evacuate southward tells an IDF Intelligence Officer about how Hamas is not letting them leave. pic.twitter.com/R9purqIZhs
I’m old enough to remember when @LozzaFox got arrested (!) in the UK - where thought crimes are prosecutable - for saying he intended to cut down an emissions spy camera. But this? “We’ll find some Jews and spill their blood!” “We’ll kill that Jewish boy’s dog!” No problem! https://t.co/qS66jhwiP0
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 15, 2023
The Israeli Defense Force is preparing to Deploy the “Iron Beam” Laser Point-Defense System to Active Combat Service for the 1st Time in order to Reinforce the Air Defense Array across the Country; the System was not originally supposed to enter Service for several more Years. pic.twitter.com/kRwz8M1iiX
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 14, 2023
Quote:
Iron Beam, officially Magen or "Light Shield," is a directed-energy weapon air defense system unveiled at the Singapore Airshow on February 11, 2014, by Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. The system is designed to destroy short-range projectiles too close for the Iron Dome system to intercept effectively. It has a range of up to 7 km (4.3 mi) and can also target unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Iron Beam will be the sixth element of Israel's integrated missile defense system, along with Arrow 2, Arrow 3, David's Sling, and Iron Dome.
Iron Beam uses a fiber laser to destroy an airborne target. It can operate as a stand-alone system or with external cueing as part of an air-defense system. A threat is detected by a surveillance system and tracked by vehicle platforms to engage. The main advantages of using a directed energy weaponover conventional missile interceptors are lower costs per shot, unlimited firings, lower operational costs, and less manpower. There is also no interceptor debris to fall on the protected area.
In 2016, laser power levels were reported to be "tens of kilowatts." A 2020 report said that Iron Beam was thought to have a maximum effective range of up to 7 km and could destroy missiles, UAVs (drones), and mortar shells around four seconds after the twin high-energy fiber-optic lasers made contact with their target. By 2023, energy levels could reach 100 kW or more, and the system could focus a beam to the diameter of a coin at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi).
aTmAg said:
4-5 seconds EACH? Wow.. that seems rather useless. They are going to need hundreds of those things or more.
Several times a minute is not fast at all. Hamas is firing hundreds of rockets at a time.ArbAg said:Doubt that, as I understand it, it's a rapid fire laser system that can fire several times a minute.aTmAg said:
4-5 seconds EACH? Wow.. that seems rather useless. They are going to need hundreds of those things or more.
#UPDATE: Water pipe has been turned back on in southern Gaza, US National security advisor Sullivan tells CNN
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 15, 2023