Rocket attack on Canadian Troops

[jonsey]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060503/afghanistan_baseattack_060607/20060607?hub=TopStories

Canadian base in Kandahar comes under rocket fire

Updated Wed. Jun. 7 2006 4:09 PM ET

CTV.ca News

The Canadian base in Kandahar came under rocket fire attack late Wednesday, and there were no casualties as a result of the incident.

Insurgents fired three rockets in total.

"They've proven ineffective so far, save for a little racing of the heart," CTV's Steve Chao told Newsnet in a phone interview from Kandahar.

He added that there have been a number of rocket attacks in the past few weeks, launched from nearby mountains just a few kilometers from Kandahar Airfield, on the outskirts of the city.

"They are essentially on timers, and are launched towards the main base here," Chao said.

Troops locked down the base Sunday during the attack, as a standard security precaution.

"All of us were sent off to the bunkers for protection and we waited until the all-clear was sounded. It was a little bit of a scare," Chao reported.

Most of the 2,300 Canadian soldiers deployed in Afghanistan are stationed at the main coalition base at Kandahar Airfield.

More details to come...

 

[Jake]

You would think they would have given up doing that by now, they don't seem to be doing much.  : Glad to hear there were no injuries.

 

[Korus]

Oh, my goodness... Not ANOTHER rocket attack.  :

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Clearly a direct response of us arresting the AQ cell in Ontario!

Anyways all those rocket attacks are done by Bush & Co. as part of their devious plot.....  :-X

 

[theoldyoungguy]

You would think they would have given up doing that by now, they don't seem to be doing much.  : Glad to hear there were no injuries.

Avoiding injuries is always a good thing, however you can shoot at a target blindly and only hit 1 target every thousand shots, but that one target will still be hit.

Clearly a direct response of us arresting the AQ cell in Ontario!

Anyways all those rocket attacks are done by Bush & Co. as part of their devious plot.....  :-X

Bush, that bugger, this after creating that giant hurricane machine that only kills black people in new orleans, someone has to do something about this man.

 

[Adam]

We are defiantly being kept informed of the attacks on us, but  Does anyone have estimates on how many insurgence our troops
have put out of business this year?

 

[C/10]

We are defiantly being kept informed of the attacks on us, but  Does anyone have estimates on how many insurgence our troops
have put out of business this year?

Were definatley getting more of them than they are of us.

 

[Hot Lips]

Avoiding injuries is always a good thing, however you can shoot at a target blindly and only hit 1 target every thousand shots, but that one target will still be hit.
Bush, that bugger, this after creating that giant hurricane machine that only kills black people in new orleans, someone has to do something about this man.

Oh my lord...that is hilarious  :rofl:
Seriously though your comment about 1 target every thousand shots...these rocket attacks has to keep everyone wondering which one is the one...would it not?

HL

 

[Jake]

Are their weapons that bad or are they just not very good at using them?

 

[Armymatters]

Are their weapons that bad or are they just not very good at using them?

Just crudely designed and built. They aren't Tomahawk cruise missiles you know. Point in the general direction of the enemy and fire.

 

[Teddy Ruxpin]

Are their weapons that bad or are they just not very good at using them?

Jake:  look here -

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/41649/post-360147.html#msg360147

Just crudely designed and built. They aren't Tomahawk cruise missiles you know. Point in the general direction of the enemy and fire.

Actually, they're generally Russian 107mm rockets (sometimes 122mm) with no launchers, as the pictures on the link illustrate.

Teddy

 

[GAP]

The VC got pretty good at aiming the rockets also. Similiar setups.

 

[Jake]

Jake:  look here -

http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/41649/post-360147.html#msg360147

Ah ok, that would explain it. Thanks.