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Just stated that a few of the missiled fired by Iraq went way south of Kuwait city, by 50miles (mite have been km) cant remember. They said this would suggest these missiles breached allowed distance.
 
Just stated that a few of the missiled fired by Iraq went way south of Kuwait city, by 50miles (mite have been km) cant remember. They said this would suggest these missiles breached allowed distance.
 
Originally posted by Nexus
Also a lot of people seem to believe they aren't SCUDs, they appear to be much smaller weapons.
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Yup. I guess we will just have to wait and see until the fog of war clears! One thing, they appear to be different weapons, not just one sort used.
 
Originally posted by Nexus
Also a lot of people seem to believe they aren't SCUDs, they appear to be much smaller weapons.
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Yup. I guess we will just have to wait and see until the fog of war clears! One thing, they appear to be different weapons, not just one sort used.
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
Kuwait is only just over 100 miles big on its N-S axis. Also at todays briefing Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon did not when asked confirm that these weapons were Scuds or Iraqi varients.

Given that they've had a couple of days to Id these weapons it's looking more likely that they are not prescribed weapons.
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i presume its quite difficult to quickly id a weaponn after its blown up and there is not much there.

As i said, lets just wait and see until they have id'ed them.
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
Kuwait is only just over 100 miles big on its N-S axis. Also at todays briefing Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon did not when asked confirm that these weapons were Scuds or Iraqi varients.

Given that they've had a couple of days to Id these weapons it's looking more likely that they are not prescribed weapons.
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i presume its quite difficult to quickly id a weaponn after its blown up and there is not much there.

As i said, lets just wait and see until they have id'ed them.
 
More info on the ITV News Reporters from the BBC site:

ITV crew missing in Iraq


ITV News correspondent Terry Lloyd is among those missing
Three members of an ITV News crew are missing after they came under fire on their way to the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
Efforts to find British TV reporter Terry Lloyd, cameraman Fred Nerac and local translator Hussein Othman are underway, following the incident at Iman Anas.

Another member of the team, cameraman Daniel Demoustier, was injured, but was able to make it to safety.

He was not able to see what happened to his colleagues.

'Every effort'

The team had been on their way to Iraq's second city in two vehicles.

ITV News said: "There were British and Iraqi forces in the area at the time.

"Coalition and Iraqi military sources have been unable to confirm their whereabouts.

"Every effort is being made to establish what happened."

Chemical bomb

News correspondent Terry Lloyd joined ITN, which makes news for ITV, in 1983.

He has wide-ranging experience, including stints in Lebanon, Kosovo, Bosnia and Cambodia.

He reported from the Iraqi city of Halabje, after Saddam Hussein dropped a chemical bomb on Kurdish people inside the country.

News of the attack came as officials announced that US and UK forces had captured Basra, Iraq's second city.
 
More info on the ITV News Reporters from the BBC site:

ITV crew missing in Iraq


ITV News correspondent Terry Lloyd is among those missing
Three members of an ITV News crew are missing after they came under fire on their way to the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
Efforts to find British TV reporter Terry Lloyd, cameraman Fred Nerac and local translator Hussein Othman are underway, following the incident at Iman Anas.

Another member of the team, cameraman Daniel Demoustier, was injured, but was able to make it to safety.

He was not able to see what happened to his colleagues.

'Every effort'

The team had been on their way to Iraq's second city in two vehicles.

ITV News said: "There were British and Iraqi forces in the area at the time.

"Coalition and Iraqi military sources have been unable to confirm their whereabouts.

"Every effort is being made to establish what happened."

Chemical bomb

News correspondent Terry Lloyd joined ITN, which makes news for ITV, in 1983.

He has wide-ranging experience, including stints in Lebanon, Kosovo, Bosnia and Cambodia.

He reported from the Iraqi city of Halabje, after Saddam Hussein dropped a chemical bomb on Kurdish people inside the country.

News of the attack came as officials announced that US and UK forces had captured Basra, Iraq's second city.
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
IIRC something similar happened last time. The Iranians sensibly accepted it was an inevitable mistake that occurs in War time.
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Good on em. They seem annoyed about abusing airspace, but sensibly are not making a bit thing about 1 missile. I guess they also know better than most.
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
IIRC something similar happened last time. The Iranians sensibly accepted it was an inevitable mistake that occurs in War time.
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Good on em. They seem annoyed about abusing airspace, but sensibly are not making a bit thing about 1 missile. I guess they also know better than most.
 
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