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Vegasaurus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 10:37 AM
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23. And these are "new" Grads
more powerful, can travel greater distances, and aim better, causing potentially much greater harm.

The new ones, are 122mm Grads, which are three meters in length. They most likely have been smuggled in pieces into Gaza through tunnels under the Egyptian border during the "ceasefire".

In the past, regular Grad rockets had reached up to 12 miles inside Israel, hitting cities such as Ashkelon. But this "enhanced"longer version has a slightly larger 22kg warhead and can go 25-30 miles.

And no, there is no hiding these under a shirt.

Wonder how the Palestinians had the money to smuggle big expensive rockets, but not food.

:wow:
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