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US laser technology could beat Qassams
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 20.06.06, 08:45
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1. Put the prototype in Sderot and give it a shot.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (06.20.06)
2. brilliant
dave ,   herzliya   (06.20.06)
This is just brilliant, if only it worked, but really, just brilliant
3. New Minister of Defense could beat Qassams.
Gerd ,   Germany   (06.20.06)
4. at #1 it's already partially deployed in Sderot
Bengamin ,   TA Isreal   (06.20.06)
Radar part of the complex already functioning in Sderot, providing warning of attack. However completing working laser part would require at least two years. Here the link: http://www.defense-update.com/directory/THEL.htm
5. sounds like dr. evil's " lazer "
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (06.20.06)
6. Still better
(06.20.06)
to whack the senders into hell, whether on the beach or not (Yes , as the beach = adisco or felafel shop during pesach, remember mr. lapid?), till they beg us to stop, but we won't , not till they do.. Oh dear I just woke up, end of dream.
7. Olmert/Peres PREFER JEWS DIE QUIETLY WITHOUT PROTESTING
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (06.20.06)
and the surrender of Jewish land and assets to Israel's barbaric enemies. It pleases international elites and every Jew-hater on the planet.
8. Olmert/Peres PREFER to SPEND MONEY on ETHNIC JEW CLEANSING
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (06.20.06)
Helping IslamoFascist religious supremacists defeat Israel is their top priority.
9. Linda, you are dum and stupid!
Nadav ,   Misgav   (06.20.06)
10. NOT A BEAM - BUT RATHER - A WAVE
ANDREW ,   MIAMI,FL   (06.20.06)
put simply a small bean has little chance - however a large laser wave - waved - could intercept - could also be used as an offensive weapon what about large scale electric shock - like firing lighting
11. Lazer
Leon ,   Grand Rapids U S A   (06.20.06)
Lazer shmazer....Nuke 'em !
12. #9 Please give the EVIDENCE that my assertions are incorrect
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (06.20.06)
If Israel's leaders had been in charge of fighting the second world war, we would have lost the war.
13. #9 IDF PROTECTIVE ESCORT FOR 3,000 U.S. M-16 RIFLES TO PA
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (06.20.06)
Created for the sole purpose of protecting Israel's Jews, the once valiant mission of the world-renowned IDF has radically changed. The IDF ruthlessly ethnically cleansed 10,000 Jews in 2005 and gifted the Jewish land and assets to IslamoFascist PA/PLO. February 1, 2006, the IDF went to war against Jews, breaking the bones of peaceful Jewish protesters in Amona. The latest IDF assignment provided protective IDF escort of weapons, including 3,000 U.S. M-16 assault rifles and over one million rounds of ammunition to PA/PLO terrorists for use against Jews. WorldNetDaily.com American weapons ambush schoolgirls? Terrorist source hints transferred arms used in attacks, including killing of Jew June 19, 2006 By Aaron Klein JERUSALEM – American weapons recently transferred by the U.S. were used in a Palestinian shooting attack today that injured three Israeli schoolgirls, hinted a source close to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group. The attack was carried out by a member of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' security detail, Force 17, which, as WND first reported, received a supply of high-power American assault rifles. "It is not a coincidence that as soon as these new weapons arrive, there is an increase in shootings against Israelis," said the source, who asked not to be identified... Many Force 17 gunmen are well known also to be members of the Al Aqsa Brigades, an offshoot of Abbas' Fatah party that is responsible for scores of recent suicide bombings, shooting attacks and rocket-firings at Israel. Israel recently facilitated the transfer to Force 17 of a large cache of weapons. WND broke the story the weapons transfer was coordinated by the United States. Palestinian officials said Abbas quietly requested the weapons from the U.S. in talks that involved Israel, Jordan and Egypt. The weapons cache included 3,000 American-made M-16 assault rifles and over 1 million rounds of ammunition, Palestinian officials involved in the transfer told WND... Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced last week he had approved the shipment of weapons and ammunition, explaining the transfer was meant to bolster Abbas' Fatah party... But Force 17 senior officer Abu Yousuf told WND in an exclusive interview last week the weapons will be shared with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and utilized for attacks against Jews. "These weapons will not be used in an internal war but against Israelis," he said... Sources close to the Al Aqsa Brigades told WND the assault rifles transferred to Force 17 already were used in two separate anti-Israel shooting attacks in recent days. Officials involved in the weapons transfer told WND the cache was driven through Jordan to the Allenby Bridge, the border station between Jordan and Israel. The officials said a U.S. government representative was present at the Allenby Bridge and oversaw the transfer of the shipment across the border, where it was then driven by a convoy protected by the Israeli Defense Forces and delivered to Force 17 representatives in Ramallah and at the Erez Crossing, the main checkpoint between Israel and the Gaza Strip. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50709
14. In the 30's +40's we did not try to find a device to stop
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.20.06)
Ovens from burning Jews - we destroyed the Nazis and Hitlers regime We did NOT negotiate with Goebbels- Himmler - Hitler either - neither with their bunch of followers - They were destroyed Germany learned through the barrel of the gun - You don't murder 6 millions Jews and others Wipe out the Terrorists What next - find a device to stop Osama from walking and talking ? This is the thinking of Left Moonbats
15. 14 - "we"?? I thought the Swiss were neutral in WW2?
amnon   (06.20.06)
Correct: The Swiss "did not"try to find a device to stop Ovens from burning Jews." Incorrect: "we destroyed the Nazis and Hitlers regime." Correct: The Swiss "did NOT negotiate with Goebbels- Himmler - Hitler either - neither with their bunch of followers." You need to work on your factual errors because it helps with credibility.
16. 15 amnon : Try Harder - I am a Holocaust survivor
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.20.06)
first generation Swiss This country never took nothing from me - but only gave me a home Take Your Swiss Hate and get stuffed - Grow Up: stop Your deplorable stupidity Switzerland covered and opened up all files from the past to over come Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - Second World War ICE http://www.uek.ch/en/index.htm Study reality and details before you throw your uneducated mouth Off Now Lets compare the USA to switzerland at that time. Which did not give us a home - nor did the UK - but Switzerland did. The U.S.A repeatedly rejected Jewish refugees and accomodated only some 250,000 Jewish refugees from 1939 to 1945 (0.1 % of the 1990 population), while Switzerland permanently sheltered 60,000 civilian refugees (0.85 % of the 1990 population) and 60,000 soldiers, most of them allied troops (amounting to a total of 1.7 % of the 1990 population). (Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - World War II, http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/holocaust-jewish-refugees-switzerland.html#Bergier final report, p. 167) Even Stuart Eizenstat had to admit, that the U.S.A. has accomodated fewer refugees than tiny Switzerland. (Book review on Stuart Eizenstat, Imperfect Justice, 2002, in: Neue Luzerner Zeitung (newspaper in central Switzerland), Dec. 20th, 2002, p. 5) The United States accepted only 21,000 Jewish refugees during the war, without significantly raising or even filling quotas. "America's response to the early stages of the slaughter of European Jews was largely one of indifference," said Eizenstat, who heads the U.S. government team reassessing wartime actions. Eizenstat Report of 1997. http://www.ushmm.org/assets/state/foreword.htm Excerpts Trading with the Enemy The Nazi - American Money Plot 1933-1949 http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Trading_Enemy_excerpts.html
17. 15 amnon Get educated before you talk BS to A Holocaust
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.20.06)
Survivor
18. 17 - Even a Holocaust survivor can get facts wrong
amnon   (06.20.06)
As you claim in post 14, the Swiss did NOT destroy the Nazi regime. Far from it. That's the facts.
19. 18 amnon: Learn to read: READ what I said OK and educate
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.21.06)
Yourself: I said: first generation Swiss !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again - First Generation - AFTER the Holcaust - After the Allies freed my family Now get educated !!!!!!!!!!!!! This country never took nothing from me - but only gave me a home Take Your Swiss Hate and get stuffed - Grow Up: stop Your deplorable stupidity Switzerland covered and opened up all files from the past to over come READ: Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - Second World War ICE http://www.uek.ch/en/index.htm Study reality and details before you throw your uneducated mouth Off READ: Now Lets compare the USA to switzerland at that time. Which did not give us a home - nor did the UK - but Switzerland did. The U.S.A repeatedly rejected Jewish refugees and accomodated only some 250,000 Jewish refugees from 1939 to 1945 (0.1 % of the 1990 population), while Switzerland permanently sheltered 60,000 civilian refugees (0.85 % of the 1990 population) and 60,000 soldiers, most of them allied troops (amounting to a total of 1.7 % of the 1990 population). (Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland - World War II, http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/holocaust-jewish-refugees-switzerland.html#Bergier final report, p. 167) Even Stuart Eizenstat had to admit, that the U.S.A. has accomodated fewer refugees than tiny Switzerland. (Book review on Stuart Eizenstat, Imperfect Justice, 2002, in: Neue Luzerner Zeitung (newspaper in central Switzerland), Dec. 20th, 2002, p. 5) The United States accepted only 21,000 Jewish refugees during the war, without significantly raising or even filling quotas. "America's response to the early stages of the slaughter of European Jews was largely one of indifference," said Eizenstat, who heads the U.S. government team reassessing wartime actions. READ: Eizenstat Report of 1997. http://www.ushmm.org/assets/state/foreword.htm Excerpts Trading with the Enemy The Nazi - American Money Plot 1933-1949 http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Trading_Enemy_excerpts.html And don't come back before you got educated
20. 18 amnon: You are obviously mentally challanged
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.21.06)
when saying WE - it us, US the Jews - those who were in countries that were murdering and deporting us Jews - get it ?! I said I was first generation swiss - AFTER we were saved by the Allies now obviously this is for you too far beyond your mental ability so go home and study the Holocaust before you try .. and work out those countries We went through the Kristall Nacht in Berlin .. if ever that is not too much of a challange for YOU Hate Monger
21. 18 Amon: you suffer from Arab Social Schizophrenia ??
Gabrielle Goldwater ,   Geneva Switzerland   (06.21.06)
22. #14 You are so correct!
D- ,   San Diego, USA   (06.26.06)
It is about intent. It is not about means. It is about the chances that the world has given Muslims to solve their own problems. And it is about the Muslim's inability to do it for themselves. It is not about our ability to limit our retaliation to the Muslim attacks. It is not about our ability to be sitting ducks as if nothing is wrong. It is not about our ability to do nothing! It is about our ability to do something! So now we spend $400M to laser Qassams, as if the enemy will just keep firing Qassam's, and that is all that we will ever have to worry about. And next, maybe we will spend billions to find a way to identify and jam all electronic transmission of the voice of Osama or Zawahiri or whomever, as if that will matter. Meanwhile, the citizens who ultimately pay for these things will go into debt, and starve to death or die in terrorist attacks. All because we didn't have the will to use the means that we already have to end this.
23. Who beat the Nazis?
David ,   Vienna, Austria   (08.24.06)
Nazis were destroyed through the Soviet blood. We had hammered them quite well by the time the D-Day started. And we lost 27 million people... All in all, Stalin was a monster, but much better than Hitler - at least he was mentally sane, hehe
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