Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Merkava-penetrating Kornet missile fired from Gaza ...

"... Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi revealed "On December 6 a Kornet rocket was fired for the first time and hit an IDF tank and penetrated its outer shell," Ashkenazi told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, saying that the Kornet missile penetrated the tank exterior shell but failed to explode inside it.
"It is a heavy missile and one of the most dangerous in the region, which was also fired toward the IDF during the Lebanon War," Ashkenazi added..."

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