The Phalanx, which is currently in service on Israeli ships and was originally developed as a shipborne system, includes anywhere from one to four 20mm guns capable of firing an astonishing 6,000 rounds per minute. When coupled with a specially built radar system, it creates a steel curtain of bullets flying at a speed of [...]
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Israel rethinks, will test Phalanx anti-rocket system
Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 | no comment
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Zimbabwe regime ‘has received weapons shipment from China’
Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Africa, China, Bullets, China Reports, Chinese Vessel, Fear, Loaded, Lobito, Mortar Bombs, Presidential Election, Regime, Robert Mugabe, Rocket Propelled Grenades, weapons, Yue, Zimbabwe
Fear are growing that Robert Mugabe’s regime had been strengthened ahead of a presidential election with the secret delivery of a shipment of arms from China.
Reports said the weapons, including three million bullets, mortar bombs and rocket-propelled grenades, had been off-loaded from the Chinese vessel, the An Yue Jiang, at the Angolan port of Lobito [...]
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