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In Historic Speech, Senator Obama Addresses Common Sense Restrictions on Assault Weapons

Washington, DC (Vocus) August 29, 2008

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence praised Senator Barack Obama for highlighting the need for common sense gun laws in his speech accepting the Democratic nomination, specifically addressing easy access to assault weapons:

“I was fortunate to be in Mile-High Stadium last night to watch and listen to Sen. Obama’s historic speech as he accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States,” said Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

“It was very significant that Sen. Obama directly addressed the gun violence issue in our country. He decided to strike a balance between rights and responsibilities, and showed how we can have common sense gun laws in America to protect our families and communities,” Helmke said.

As Senator Obama said, “The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don’t tell me we can’t uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47′s out of the hands of criminals.”

Brady President Paul Helmke continued, “Since the Supreme Court issued its opinion on the meaning of the Second Amendment, the debate over gun laws in America has moved to the middle ground. Now, common sense gun laws that save lives and protect police can be debated on their merits.

“America wants sensible restrictions on the easy access to dangerous weapons, and Sen. Obama clearly recognized that last night,” Helmke said.

As the nation’s largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, with its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations and public policies. The Brady Campaign is devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.

Visit the Brady Campaign website at www.bradycampaign.org. For continuing insight and comment on the gun issue, read Paul Helmke’s blog at www.bradycampaign.org/blog/.

Contact:

Doug Pennington

202-898-0792

dpenn@bradymail.org

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Army Weapons the Human Brilliance

The defense of every country is with the armed forces divided into The Army, The Air Force and The Navy. The backbone of these forces are the weapons they posses. The Army is manned by soldiers and officers who are equipped with side arms like revolvers and an assault rifle or automatic machine gun. They are also equipped with several layers of bulletproof clothing.

The standard army side arms is the M9 9mm Beretta Pistol which is comparatively lighter then the older versions of pistols and is deadly with unmatched accuracy at close range. The most famous assault rifle is the Russian made AK 47 originally used by the soviet army and now used by many armies across the globe. It has also found its way to several terrorist groups who use it with deadly consequences.

While there are several weapons of the similar type manufactured and used by many countries, the AK 47 is almost a household name thanks mainly to the terrorists and armed insurgencies around the world. This assault rifle is lethal in its precision, its all weather use and extremely portable, comfortable and cost effective. Created by the famous Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov and is named after him and the 1947 model.

Fully automatic machine guns are also used by the soldiers according to the situations and terrain they operate. The fully automatic machine guns are bigger than the AK 47’s and generally fired from fixed positions mounted on a tripod or on an army vehicle. These machine guns can be classified into light, medium and heavy.

No army can operate without a main battle tank, which is a heavily armored vehicle capable of moving in any terrain. It has a main gun with an awesome firepower; it could rotate 360 degrees and fire from any angle. During World War 2 the Russian T – 34 proved its versatility and contributed to many a victory. Tanks do not operate alone, they have many strategic formations, supported by the infantry in other armored vehicles and air support have fashioned many a famous battle victories. These monstrous machines form the main thrust of an army.

Some of the famous modern tanks are M1 Abrams a US product used extensively in the Iraq conflict as also the British Challenger 2 tanks. The Soviet T – 34 to 85 medium tanks with 85 mm guns, T – 90 tanks, the American M26 Pershing tanks, the German Panzer tanks, the Chinese Type 59 to 99 tanks and the Arjun MBT an Indian tank. These tanks are equipped with the most advanced communication systems.

Field artillery is an inseparable part of any army, which is mobile and can be shifted to any location as per the military strategies. These guns can be used for short range and long-range targets to strike with precision, power and speed. The modern field guns can target objects or formation several kilometers away. There are specialized field guns that can be used in different terrains with lethal precision.

In modern warfare, unmanned drones are also used to telling effect, while the sophisticated weapon systems determine the class and might of an army it is very important to recognize that it is the man behind the machines that matter and victory or defeat finally rests on the shoulders of the human mind that controls the weaponry.

Tags: Army, Brilliance, Human, Weapons

Army Weapons the Human Brilliance

The defense of every country is with the armed forces divided into The Army, The Air Force and The Navy. The backbone of these forces are the weapons they posses. The Army is manned by soldiers and officers who are equipped with side arms like revolvers and an assault rifle or automatic machine gun. They are also equipped with several layers of bulletproof clothing.

The standard army side arms is the M9 9mm Beretta Pistol which is comparatively lighter then the older versions of pistols and is deadly with unmatched accuracy at close range. The most famous assault rifle is the Russian made AK 47 originally used by the soviet army and now used by many armies across the globe. It has also found its way to several terrorist groups who use it with deadly consequences.

While there are several weapons of the similar type manufactured and used by many countries, the AK 47 is almost a household name thanks mainly to the terrorists and armed insurgencies around the world. This assault rifle is lethal in its precision, its all weather use and extremely portable, comfortable and cost effective. Created by the famous Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov and is named after him and the 1947 model.

Fully automatic machine guns are also used by the soldiers according to the situations and terrain they operate. The fully automatic machine guns are bigger than the AK 47’s and generally fired from fixed positions mounted on a tripod or on an army vehicle. These machine guns can be classified into light, medium and heavy.

No army can operate without a main battle tank, which is a heavily armored vehicle capable of moving in any terrain. It has a main gun with an awesome firepower; it could rotate 360 degrees and fire from any angle. During World War 2 the Russian T – 34 proved its versatility and contributed to many a victory. Tanks do not operate alone, they have many strategic formations, supported by the infantry in other armored vehicles and air support have fashioned many a famous battle victories. These monstrous machines form the main thrust of an army.

Some of the famous modern tanks are M1 Abrams a US product used extensively in the Iraq conflict as also the British Challenger 2 tanks. The Soviet T – 34 to 85 medium tanks with 85 mm guns, T – 90 tanks, the American M26 Pershing tanks, the German Panzer tanks, the Chinese Type 59 to 99 tanks and the Arjun MBT an Indian tank. These tanks are equipped with the most advanced communication systems.

Field artillery is an inseparable part of any army, which is mobile and can be shifted to any location as per the military strategies. These guns can be used for short range and long-range targets to strike with precision, power and speed. The modern field guns can target objects or formation several kilometers away. There are specialized field guns that can be used in different terrains with lethal precision.

In modern warfare, unmanned drones are also used to telling effect, while the sophisticated weapon systems determine the class and might of an army it is very important to recognize that it is the man behind the machines that matter and victory or defeat finally rests on the shoulders of the human mind that controls the weaponry.

Tags: Army, Brilliance, Human, Weapons

Army Weapons the Human Brilliance

The defense of every country is with the armed forces divided into The Army, The Air Force and The Navy. The backbone of these forces are the weapons they posses. The Army is manned by soldiers and officers who are equipped with side arms like revolvers and an assault rifle or automatic machine gun. They are also equipped with several layers of bulletproof clothing.

The standard army side arms is the M9 9mm Beretta Pistol which is comparatively lighter then the older versions of pistols and is deadly with unmatched accuracy at close range. The most famous assault rifle is the Russian made AK 47 originally used by the soviet army and now used by many armies across the globe. It has also found its way to several terrorist groups who use it with deadly consequences.

While there are several weapons of the similar type manufactured and used by many countries, the AK 47 is almost a household name thanks mainly to the terrorists and armed insurgencies around the world. This assault rifle is lethal in its precision, its all weather use and extremely portable, comfortable and cost effective. Created by the famous Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov and is named after him and the 1947 model.

Fully automatic machine guns are also used by the soldiers according to the situations and terrain they operate. The fully automatic machine guns are bigger than the AK 47’s and generally fired from fixed positions mounted on a tripod or on an army vehicle. These machine guns can be classified into light, medium and heavy.

No army can operate without a main battle tank, which is a heavily armored vehicle capable of moving in any terrain. It has a main gun with an awesome firepower; it could rotate 360 degrees and fire from any angle. During World War 2 the Russian T – 34 proved its versatility and contributed to many a victory. Tanks do not operate alone, they have many strategic formations, supported by the infantry in other armored vehicles and air support have fashioned many a famous battle victories. These monstrous machines form the main thrust of an army.

Some of the famous modern tanks are M1 Abrams a US product used extensively in the Iraq conflict as also the British Challenger 2 tanks. The Soviet T – 34 to 85 medium tanks with 85 mm guns, T – 90 tanks, the American M26 Pershing tanks, the German Panzer tanks, the Chinese Type 59 to 99 tanks and the Arjun MBT an Indian tank. These tanks are equipped with the most advanced communication systems.

Field artillery is an inseparable part of any army, which is mobile and can be shifted to any location as per the military strategies. These guns can be used for short range and long-range targets to strike with precision, power and speed. The modern field guns can target objects or formation several kilometers away. There are specialized field guns that can be used in different terrains with lethal precision.

In modern warfare, unmanned drones are also used to telling effect, while the sophisticated weapon systems determine the class and might of an army it is very important to recognize that it is the man behind the machines that matter and victory or defeat finally rests on the shoulders of the human mind that controls the weaponry.

Tags: Army, Brilliance, Human, Weapons

Army Weapons the Human Brilliance

The defense of every country is with the armed forces divided into The Army, The Air Force and The Navy. The backbone of these forces are the weapons they posses. The Army is manned by soldiers and officers who are equipped with side arms like revolvers and an assault rifle or automatic machine gun. They are also equipped with several layers of bulletproof clothing.

The standard army side arms is the M9 9mm Beretta Pistol which is comparatively lighter then the older versions of pistols and is deadly with unmatched accuracy at close range. The most famous assault rifle is the Russian made AK 47 originally used by the soviet army and now used by many armies across the globe. It has also found its way to several terrorist groups who use it with deadly consequences.

While there are several weapons of the similar type manufactured and used by many countries, the AK 47 is almost a household name thanks mainly to the terrorists and armed insurgencies around the world. This assault rifle is lethal in its precision, its all weather use and extremely portable, comfortable and cost effective. Created by the famous Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov and is named after him and the 1947 model.

Fully automatic machine guns are also used by the soldiers according to the situations and terrain they operate. The fully automatic machine guns are bigger than the AK 47’s and generally fired from fixed positions mounted on a tripod or on an army vehicle. These machine guns can be classified into light, medium and heavy.

No army can operate without a main battle tank, which is a heavily armored vehicle capable of moving in any terrain. It has a main gun with an awesome firepower; it could rotate 360 degrees and fire from any angle. During World War 2 the Russian T – 34 proved its versatility and contributed to many a victory. Tanks do not operate alone, they have many strategic formations, supported by the infantry in other armored vehicles and air support have fashioned many a famous battle victories. These monstrous machines form the main thrust of an army.

Some of the famous modern tanks are M1 Abrams a US product used extensively in the Iraq conflict as also the British Challenger 2 tanks. The Soviet T – 34 to 85 medium tanks with 85 mm guns, T – 90 tanks, the American M26 Pershing tanks, the German Panzer tanks, the Chinese Type 59 to 99 tanks and the Arjun MBT an Indian tank. These tanks are equipped with the most advanced communication systems.

Field artillery is an inseparable part of any army, which is mobile and can be shifted to any location as per the military strategies. These guns can be used for short range and long-range targets to strike with precision, power and speed. The modern field guns can target objects or formation several kilometers away. There are specialized field guns that can be used in different terrains with lethal precision.

In modern warfare, unmanned drones are also used to telling effect, while the sophisticated weapon systems determine the class and might of an army it is very important to recognize that it is the man behind the machines that matter and victory or defeat finally rests on the shoulders of the human mind that controls the weaponry.

Tags: Army, Brilliance, Human, Weapons

Army Weapons the Human Brilliance

The defense of every country is with the armed forces divided into The Army, The Air Force and The Navy. The backbone of these forces are the weapons they posses. The Army is manned by soldiers and officers who are equipped with side arms like revolvers and an assault rifle or automatic machine gun. They are also equipped with several layers of bulletproof clothing.

The standard army side arms is the M9 9mm Beretta Pistol which is comparatively lighter then the older versions of pistols and is deadly with unmatched accuracy at close range. The most famous assault rifle is the Russian made AK 47 originally used by the soviet army and now used by many armies across the globe. It has also found its way to several terrorist groups who use it with deadly consequences.

While there are several weapons of the similar type manufactured and used by many countries, the AK 47 is almost a household name thanks mainly to the terrorists and armed insurgencies around the world. This assault rifle is lethal in its precision, its all weather use and extremely portable, comfortable and cost effective. Created by the famous Russian Mikhail Kalashnikov and is named after him and the 1947 model.

Fully automatic machine guns are also used by the soldiers according to the situations and terrain they operate. The fully automatic machine guns are bigger than the AK 47’s and generally fired from fixed positions mounted on a tripod or on an army vehicle. These machine guns can be classified into light, medium and heavy.

No army can operate without a main battle tank, which is a heavily armored vehicle capable of moving in any terrain. It has a main gun with an awesome firepower; it could rotate 360 degrees and fire from any angle. During World War 2 the Russian T – 34 proved its versatility and contributed to many a victory. Tanks do not operate alone, they have many strategic formations, supported by the infantry in other armored vehicles and air support have fashioned many a famous battle victories. These monstrous machines form the main thrust of an army.

Some of the famous modern tanks are M1 Abrams a US product used extensively in the Iraq conflict as also the British Challenger 2 tanks. The Soviet T – 34 to 85 medium tanks with 85 mm guns, T – 90 tanks, the American M26 Pershing tanks, the German Panzer tanks, the Chinese Type 59 to 99 tanks and the Arjun MBT an Indian tank. These tanks are equipped with the most advanced communication systems.

Field artillery is an inseparable part of any army, which is mobile and can be shifted to any location as per the military strategies. These guns can be used for short range and long-range targets to strike with precision, power and speed. The modern field guns can target objects or formation several kilometers away. There are specialized field guns that can be used in different terrains with lethal precision.

In modern warfare, unmanned drones are also used to telling effect, while the sophisticated weapon systems determine the class and might of an army it is very important to recognize that it is the man behind the machines that matter and victory or defeat finally rests on the shoulders of the human mind that controls the weaponry.

Tags: Army, Brilliance, Human, Weapons

Little Known Weapons Of Mass Destruction Threat During Lebanon War

A well informed source in the Israeli intelligence community, who cannot be identified, says the Israeli air force raids, following the July 12 Hezbollah attack on an IDF border patrol, were aimed first of all at “Hezbollah’s strategic weapons’ secret locations.” The source added that this initial goal did not include “ordinary” short and medium range rockets but was specifically aimed against the heavier weapon systems supplied by Iran with the Zalzal rockets topping the list. “Our first aim was to neutralize the heavy ones and their launching systems since we had solid information the Hezbollah had a plan to use chemical war heads.

Information the Israeli intelligence had regarding chemical weapons in Hezbollah hands was validated by friendly intelligence organizations, including a recent DIA memo. The source also said the Iranian manufacturers together with their Syrian allies toyed with the idea of “testing” their CW by letting the Hezbollah launch them on a limited scale while they would remain in the shadows in an attempt to wash their hands of such an attack when, as could be expected, the world community would react with an outcry of fierce criticism. The Iranian CW program centered at Damgahn, some 300 kilometers east of Tehran, manufactures an estimated 1,000 tons a year of various chemical nerve agents.

The Syrians pushed for at least preparing a strategic arsenal to be used if Israel would move on to destroy Hezbollah strongholds, assessing that this time, due to the suddenness of events, the Israeli population would not be properly prepared for that kind of attack. As events unfolded, the Israeli intelligence learned that Sheikh Hassan Nasarallah, who was in Damascus just a few days prior to the July 12 attack, had raised some concerns over the possibility of a massive Israeli reaction if he gave the order to go ahead with the abduction plan.

His Syrian liaison officers and representatives of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ al-Quds Force told him he could then retaliate by launching a chemical war head. They assessed it would be highly effective because the Israeli population would not have been put on high alert as was done during the two Iraq wars when anti-gas attack kits were distributed across the country, and homes, offices and air raid shelters, were sealed with special nylon sheets.

However, when the hostilities erupted the first move Israel undertook was a massive air raid to first and foremost destroy every target which was part of the Zalzal Project. Thus Nasarallah’s gamble he could wreak a catastrophic CW blow on Israel was shattered before he had a chance to carry it out.

The air raids were planned in several stages. The first and most vital incursion was to destroy all Zalzal depots, which soon enough were proven highly successful. The second crucial stage came with the total destruction of what became known as the Hezbollah high rise enclave in south Beirut and where their offices and communication centers were situated.

The prime purpose in this instance was to destroy Hezbollah’s so-called scientific wing facilities and not, as was widely believed, to catch Sheikh Nasarallah or even anyone of his skilled scientific workforce who have widespread links to Shiite students and teachers in colleges throughout Europe and the U.S., but first and foremost to Iranian WMD experts often housed in these buildings where they had special guest apartments for visiting experts.

Equipment seized by IDF ground forces in small Lebanese towns such as Maise-e-Jabel, where sophisticated listening and monitoring devices were captured, as well as documents revealing that some monitoring devices were programmed to shadow Israeli hospitals and the army’s medical corps evacuation network, could have enabled Hezbollah to follow-up on the nature of damages caused. Obviously they were hoping to learn about the overall affect of the chemical warheads as well had they been launched. The discoveries in Maise-e-Jabel left no doubt that the air force had to go on several more rounds to utterly destroy Hezbollah’s enclave in Beirut.

The use of Chinese made radar guided C-802 cruise missiles became possible on the fourth day of the fighting when both Iran and Syria agreed the flare-up was a good opportunity to test them. A convoy of Syrian military trucks carrying the system entered Lebanon through Tellkalakh and the Tripoli highway in the north, and Iranian operators arrived directly from Tehran with their Hezbollah trainees to carry out the launch of three such missiles. One of them hit an Israeli missile boat; the others sank two freighters, an Egyptian one and a Cambodian one.

This system is too massive to be smuggled through mountain passages and therefore every bridge, every road and every road junction going from Syria into Lebanon had to be immediately destroyed following the first unanticipated cruise missile attack.

A number of commando raids into the Beqaa Valley were designed to detect and destroy chemical warhead storages. Unsurprisingly such finds, whether verified or not, were not made public. However, Hezbollah militiamen sealed off the entire vicinity after the last raid on Boudai, clearly indicating they were worried over some sort of possible leakages. The same precautions were undertaken in south Beirut where Hezbollah fighters prevented free access to their destroyed enclave.
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According to the intelligence source it is assumed Hezbollah will attempt in the future to proceed with two basic options as envisioned by the Revolutionary Guards and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. The first would be to launch various types of rockets, including modified Zalzals from aboard medium sized boats or freighters in the Mediterranean. Their success in hitting targets some 75 to 85 kilometers from their launch sites into northern Israel suggests they could, in theory, also launch a rocket from the sea to hit the heavily populated urban area around Tel Aviv. This type of a naval terror attack is an idea al-Qaeda too is known to have been toying with and is a significant threat to Europe and North America as well.

Another preference was to improve the scheme of aerial suicide bombers, al-Qaeda style, by establishing an “air wing” which could “sneak in without the warning sign emitted by a hijacked plane.” Already in 2004 Iran equipped the Hezbollah with UAVs of the type Mirsad-1 and the Ababil outfitted with cameras and GPS systems as part of an overall guidance structure monitored by wireless radio and telephone systems all the way from Tehran, just like the U.S. Air Force and the CIA handle UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles from a base in Colorado.

The IDF shared its findings with the U.S. which regards this information as vital for U.S. national security, and because of the importance to show jihadists that their systems, even when highly sophisticated, can and will be destroyed with or without heavy collateral damage. When Sheikh Nasarallah boasted towards the end of the campaign that within hours he would destroy Haifa, and when realizing the Hezbollah and their handlers were ready to take their campaign all the way, Israel had no choice but to react aggressively with an all out assault up and down and across the width of Lebanon to safeguard the lives of hundreds of thousands. Thus Nasarallah’s Zalzal depots, his planning offices, communication systems and even vital land routes, had to be totally destroyed by the Israeli air force, navy and commandos.

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Little Known Weapons Of Mass Destruction Threat During Lebanon War

A well informed source in the Israeli intelligence community, who cannot be identified, says the Israeli air force raids, following the July 12 Hezbollah attack on an IDF border patrol, were aimed first of all at “Hezbollah’s strategic weapons’ secret locations.” The source added that this initial goal did not include “ordinary” short and medium range rockets but was specifically aimed against the heavier weapon systems supplied by Iran with the Zalzal rockets topping the list. “Our first aim was to neutralize the heavy ones and their launching systems since we had solid information the Hezbollah had a plan to use chemical war heads.

Information the Israeli intelligence had regarding chemical weapons in Hezbollah hands was validated by friendly intelligence organizations, including a recent DIA memo. The source also said the Iranian manufacturers together with their Syrian allies toyed with the idea of “testing” their CW by letting the Hezbollah launch them on a limited scale while they would remain in the shadows in an attempt to wash their hands of such an attack when, as could be expected, the world community would react with an outcry of fierce criticism. The Iranian CW program centered at Damgahn, some 300 kilometers east of Tehran, manufactures an estimated 1,000 tons a year of various chemical nerve agents.

The Syrians pushed for at least preparing a strategic arsenal to be used if Israel would move on to destroy Hezbollah strongholds, assessing that this time, due to the suddenness of events, the Israeli population would not be properly prepared for that kind of attack. As events unfolded, the Israeli intelligence learned that Sheikh Hassan Nasarallah, who was in Damascus just a few days prior to the July 12 attack, had raised some concerns over the possibility of a massive Israeli reaction if he gave the order to go ahead with the abduction plan.

His Syrian liaison officers and representatives of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ al-Quds Force told him he could then retaliate by launching a chemical war head. They assessed it would be highly effective because the Israeli population would not have been put on high alert as was done during the two Iraq wars when anti-gas attack kits were distributed across the country, and homes, offices and air raid shelters, were sealed with special nylon sheets.

However, when the hostilities erupted the first move Israel undertook was a massive air raid to first and foremost destroy every target which was part of the Zalzal Project. Thus Nasarallah’s gamble he could wreak a catastrophic CW blow on Israel was shattered before he had a chance to carry it out.

The air raids were planned in several stages. The first and most vital incursion was to destroy all Zalzal depots, which soon enough were proven highly successful. The second crucial stage came with the total destruction of what became known as the Hezbollah high rise enclave in south Beirut and where their offices and communication centers were situated.

The prime purpose in this instance was to destroy Hezbollah’s so-called scientific wing facilities and not, as was widely believed, to catch Sheikh Nasarallah or even anyone of his skilled scientific workforce who have widespread links to Shiite students and teachers in colleges throughout Europe and the U.S., but first and foremost to Iranian WMD experts often housed in these buildings where they had special guest apartments for visiting experts.

Equipment seized by IDF ground forces in small Lebanese towns such as Maise-e-Jabel, where sophisticated listening and monitoring devices were captured, as well as documents revealing that some monitoring devices were programmed to shadow Israeli hospitals and the army’s medical corps evacuation network, could have enabled Hezbollah to follow-up on the nature of damages caused. Obviously they were hoping to learn about the overall affect of the chemical warheads as well had they been launched. The discoveries in Maise-e-Jabel left no doubt that the air force had to go on several more rounds to utterly destroy Hezbollah’s enclave in Beirut.

The use of Chinese made radar guided C-802 cruise missiles became possible on the fourth day of the fighting when both Iran and Syria agreed the flare-up was a good opportunity to test them. A convoy of Syrian military trucks carrying the system entered Lebanon through Tellkalakh and the Tripoli highway in the north, and Iranian operators arrived directly from Tehran with their Hezbollah trainees to carry out the launch of three such missiles. One of them hit an Israeli missile boat; the others sank two freighters, an Egyptian one and a Cambodian one.

This system is too massive to be smuggled through mountain passages and therefore every bridge, every road and every road junction going from Syria into Lebanon had to be immediately destroyed following the first unanticipated cruise missile attack.

A number of commando raids into the Beqaa Valley were designed to detect and destroy chemical warhead storages. Unsurprisingly such finds, whether verified or not, were not made public. However, Hezbollah militiamen sealed off the entire vicinity after the last raid on Boudai, clearly indicating they were worried over some sort of possible leakages. The same precautions were undertaken in south Beirut where Hezbollah fighters prevented free access to their destroyed enclave.
“
According to the intelligence source it is assumed Hezbollah will attempt in the future to proceed with two basic options as envisioned by the Revolutionary Guards and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. The first would be to launch various types of rockets, including modified Zalzals from aboard medium sized boats or freighters in the Mediterranean. Their success in hitting targets some 75 to 85 kilometers from their launch sites into northern Israel suggests they could, in theory, also launch a rocket from the sea to hit the heavily populated urban area around Tel Aviv. This type of a naval terror attack is an idea al-Qaeda too is known to have been toying with and is a significant threat to Europe and North America as well.

Another preference was to improve the scheme of aerial suicide bombers, al-Qaeda style, by establishing an “air wing” which could “sneak in without the warning sign emitted by a hijacked plane.” Already in 2004 Iran equipped the Hezbollah with UAVs of the type Mirsad-1 and the Ababil outfitted with cameras and GPS systems as part of an overall guidance structure monitored by wireless radio and telephone systems all the way from Tehran, just like the U.S. Air Force and the CIA handle UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles from a base in Colorado.

The IDF shared its findings with the U.S. which regards this information as vital for U.S. national security, and because of the importance to show jihadists that their systems, even when highly sophisticated, can and will be destroyed with or without heavy collateral damage. When Sheikh Nasarallah boasted towards the end of the campaign that within hours he would destroy Haifa, and when realizing the Hezbollah and their handlers were ready to take their campaign all the way, Israel had no choice but to react aggressively with an all out assault up and down and across the width of Lebanon to safeguard the lives of hundreds of thousands. Thus Nasarallah’s Zalzal depots, his planning offices, communication systems and even vital land routes, had to be totally destroyed by the Israeli air force, navy and commandos.

Tags: 'destruction, During, Known, Lebanon, Little, Mass, Threat, Weapons

World War 2: Planes, Tanks and Weapons

Amongst the British collection, Armstrong Whitley was a bomber and could achieve a maximum speed of 230 mph at 17700 feet. It had five 7.7 mm Browning machine guns and 6985 lb bombload. Avro Lancaster was the main aircraft that was put into use during night. It was a seven seat heavy bomber. It could achieve a maximum speed of 287 mph and had nine 7.7 mm Browning machine guns. Some others were Bristol Beaufighter, Handley Page Halifax, Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Tempest and Supermarine Spitfire. P51-Mustang was a famous fighter American plane. It’s maximum speed was 437 mph and contained six 0.50-cal. machine guns. B-29 Superfortress was the plane used to bomb Hiroshima with an atomic bomb. This was a high-altitude heavy bomber that could reach a maximum speed of 357 mph. It had a range of 3250 miles with 10000 lb bombload. There existed one 20 mm cannon and two 0.50 machine guns. Many combat aircrafts like F4U Corsair, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt were involved. Soviet aircraft included the Ilyushin Il 2 Shturmovik, Yak-7b and many others. Some of the German planes are Bf109, Do 17, Do 335, Fw 190, Go 229, He 111, He 162, Ju 87, Ju 88, Ju 188 and Me 262. The Royal Italian Air Force had about 1000 front-line aircraft and almost 2000 second and third-string planes. Japan had planes like the Zero and the Hayabusa.

World War 2 tanks

The tanks from the United Kingdom were Bedford QLD, Medium tank M4 Sherman Firefly, Humber, Bishop, Morris C8 QUAD, Daimler Dingo, Universal Carrier Bren, Humber MkII, Morris Mk I, Tank Destroyer Archer, Amphibious light tank LIE 3, Light tank Mk VII Tetrarch, Infantry tank Mk I Matilda, Infantry tank Mk III Valentine, Infantry tank Mk II Matilda II, Infantry tank Mk IV Churchill Mk VII, Cruiser tank Mk VI Crusader, Main battle tank Centurion, Cruiser tank Mk VIII Cromwell, Cruiser tank Comet and Light tank Vickers. The tanks employed by the United States are GMC 6X6, LVT, DUKW, Jeep Willys, Howitzer M7 Priest, Dodge WC53, Howitzer M8, Combat car M2A2, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, Light tank M.24 Chaffee, Light tank M3A1 Stuart, Light tank M.22 Locust, Medium tank M3A3 Lee, M20 Utility car, M8 Greyhound, Medium tank M3A5 Grant, Medium tank M2 A4, Medium tank M4 Sherman, Medium tank M4 Sherman 105, Tank destroyer M 18 Hellcat, Heavy tank M.26 Persching, Tank destroyer M 36, Self-propelled artilley M40 GMC and Tank destroyer M 10 Wolferine. Germany used the following tanks: Panzerkampfwagen I, Panzerkampfwagen II, Panzerkampfwagen III, Panzerkampfwagen IV, Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger, Panzerkampfwagen VI Konigstiger, Panzerkampfwagen Maus, Panzerkampfwagen 35(t), Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar, Sturmtiger, Panzerjager I, Panzerjager Nashorn, Panzerjager Elefant, Panzerjager V Jagdpanther, Panzerjager Marder I, Panzerjager Marder II, Panzerjager Marder III, Jagdpanzer IV, Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger, Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer, Sturmgeschutz III, Sturmgeschutz IV, Neubaufahrzeug, Kraftrad BMW R35, Kraftrad BMW R75, Opel Olympia, Opel Blitz, Opel P4, Bussing-NAG, Kraftomnibus Mercedes Lo 3750, Kraftomnibus Opel-Blitz, Raupenschleper Ost-Steyr RSO, Hummel, Flakpanzer IV Mobelwagen, Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind, Flakpanzer IV Ostwind, Kubelwagen, Kleines Kettenkraftrad, Leichter Panzerspahwagen, Schwerer Panzerspahwagen 7.5 cm and some others. Countries like France, Canada, Poland, Sweden, Romania, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Japan and the Soviet Union also put their tanks to use.

World War 2 weapons

The Karabiner 98k was a German bolt action rifle known for accuracy and a range of 800 meters. The Sturmgewher 44 was the world’s first true assault rifle and fired an intermediate cartridge potent enough to hit targets at long distances. Thompson M1 or Tommy Gun was a famous submachine gun. A 0.45 Caliber Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge was used along with it. MP38/40 was a standard German submachine gun. The M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle that fired a clip of eight rounds of 0.30 inches caliber. The M1 Carbine was the small arm in American history that had maximum production. It was a carbine version of the Garand rifle. The Colt M1911 was a 0.45 inches caliber, single action, semi-automatic handgun. It has a capacity of 7 to 8 rounds. A Parabellum Luger P-08 is a semi-automatic, arm-locked and magazine-fed pistol. A model of Bazooka could pierce more than 200 mm of armor and had a range of almost 150 m. The Maschinengewehr 34 or MG34 was the first modern general-purpose German machine gun. This was succeeded by the MG42. This had a rate of fire of 1200 to 1800 rounds per minute and hence was also called as “ripping cloth” or “Hitler’s Buzzsaw”. 400,000 of these were manufactured during the war. The Bren was the primary light machine gun of the British. This could fire 0.30 caliber rounds at 500 rpm. The Sten is a British submachine gun that fired full automatic 9 mm. These has low production costs. The Lee-Enfield was a standard bolt action rifle that could fire the standard rimmed 0.303 inches MK VII round. PIAT or Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank was the first efficient anti-tank weapon based on the HEAT shell.

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Little Known Weapons Of Mass Destruction Threat During Lebanon War

A well informed source in the Israeli intelligence community, who cannot be identified, says the Israeli air force raids, following the July 12 Hezbollah attack on an IDF border patrol, were aimed first of all at “Hezbollah’s strategic weapons’ secret locations.” The source added that this initial goal did not include “ordinary” short and medium range rockets but was specifically aimed against the heavier weapon systems supplied by Iran with the Zalzal rockets topping the list. “Our first aim was to neutralize the heavy ones and their launching systems since we had solid information the Hezbollah had a plan to use chemical war heads.

Information the Israeli intelligence had regarding chemical weapons in Hezbollah hands was validated by friendly intelligence organizations, including a recent DIA memo. The source also said the Iranian manufacturers together with their Syrian allies toyed with the idea of “testing” their CW by letting the Hezbollah launch them on a limited scale while they would remain in the shadows in an attempt to wash their hands of such an attack when, as could be expected, the world community would react with an outcry of fierce criticism. The Iranian CW program centered at Damgahn, some 300 kilometers east of Tehran, manufactures an estimated 1,000 tons a year of various chemical nerve agents.

The Syrians pushed for at least preparing a strategic arsenal to be used if Israel would move on to destroy Hezbollah strongholds, assessing that this time, due to the suddenness of events, the Israeli population would not be properly prepared for that kind of attack. As events unfolded, the Israeli intelligence learned that Sheikh Hassan Nasarallah, who was in Damascus just a few days prior to the July 12 attack, had raised some concerns over the possibility of a massive Israeli reaction if he gave the order to go ahead with the abduction plan.

His Syrian liaison officers and representatives of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ al-Quds Force told him he could then retaliate by launching a chemical war head. They assessed it would be highly effective because the Israeli population would not have been put on high alert as was done during the two Iraq wars when anti-gas attack kits were distributed across the country, and homes, offices and air raid shelters, were sealed with special nylon sheets.

However, when the hostilities erupted the first move Israel undertook was a massive air raid to first and foremost destroy every target which was part of the Zalzal Project. Thus Nasarallah’s gamble he could wreak a catastrophic CW blow on Israel was shattered before he had a chance to carry it out.

The air raids were planned in several stages. The first and most vital incursion was to destroy all Zalzal depots, which soon enough were proven highly successful. The second crucial stage came with the total destruction of what became known as the Hezbollah high rise enclave in south Beirut and where their offices and communication centers were situated.

The prime purpose in this instance was to destroy Hezbollah’s so-called scientific wing facilities and not, as was widely believed, to catch Sheikh Nasarallah or even anyone of his skilled scientific workforce who have widespread links to Shiite students and teachers in colleges throughout Europe and the U.S., but first and foremost to Iranian WMD experts often housed in these buildings where they had special guest apartments for visiting experts.

Equipment seized by IDF ground forces in small Lebanese towns such as Maise-e-Jabel, where sophisticated listening and monitoring devices were captured, as well as documents revealing that some monitoring devices were programmed to shadow Israeli hospitals and the army’s medical corps evacuation network, could have enabled Hezbollah to follow-up on the nature of damages caused. Obviously they were hoping to learn about the overall affect of the chemical warheads as well had they been launched. The discoveries in Maise-e-Jabel left no doubt that the air force had to go on several more rounds to utterly destroy Hezbollah’s enclave in Beirut.

The use of Chinese made radar guided C-802 cruise missiles became possible on the fourth day of the fighting when both Iran and Syria agreed the flare-up was a good opportunity to test them. A convoy of Syrian military trucks carrying the system entered Lebanon through Tellkalakh and the Tripoli highway in the north, and Iranian operators arrived directly from Tehran with their Hezbollah trainees to carry out the launch of three such missiles. One of them hit an Israeli missile boat; the others sank two freighters, an Egyptian one and a Cambodian one.

This system is too massive to be smuggled through mountain passages and therefore every bridge, every road and every road junction going from Syria into Lebanon had to be immediately destroyed following the first unanticipated cruise missile attack.

A number of commando raids into the Beqaa Valley were designed to detect and destroy chemical warhead storages. Unsurprisingly such finds, whether verified or not, were not made public. However, Hezbollah militiamen sealed off the entire vicinity after the last raid on Boudai, clearly indicating they were worried over some sort of possible leakages. The same precautions were undertaken in south Beirut where Hezbollah fighters prevented free access to their destroyed enclave.
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According to the intelligence source it is assumed Hezbollah will attempt in the future to proceed with two basic options as envisioned by the Revolutionary Guards and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. The first would be to launch various types of rockets, including modified Zalzals from aboard medium sized boats or freighters in the Mediterranean. Their success in hitting targets some 75 to 85 kilometers from their launch sites into northern Israel suggests they could, in theory, also launch a rocket from the sea to hit the heavily populated urban area around Tel Aviv. This type of a naval terror attack is an idea al-Qaeda too is known to have been toying with and is a significant threat to Europe and North America as well.

Another preference was to improve the scheme of aerial suicide bombers, al-Qaeda style, by establishing an “air wing” which could “sneak in without the warning sign emitted by a hijacked plane.” Already in 2004 Iran equipped the Hezbollah with UAVs of the type Mirsad-1 and the Ababil outfitted with cameras and GPS systems as part of an overall guidance structure monitored by wireless radio and telephone systems all the way from Tehran, just like the U.S. Air Force and the CIA handle UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles from a base in Colorado.

The IDF shared its findings with the U.S. which regards this information as vital for U.S. national security, and because of the importance to show jihadists that their systems, even when highly sophisticated, can and will be destroyed with or without heavy collateral damage. When Sheikh Nasarallah boasted towards the end of the campaign that within hours he would destroy Haifa, and when realizing the Hezbollah and their handlers were ready to take their campaign all the way, Israel had no choice but to react aggressively with an all out assault up and down and across the width of Lebanon to safeguard the lives of hundreds of thousands. Thus Nasarallah’s Zalzal depots, his planning offices, communication systems and even vital land routes, had to be totally destroyed by the Israeli air force, navy and commandos.

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