What JUST happened in KUWAIT 3pm pacific????

[dahunan]

CNN Reports a large explosion in Kuwait

 

[Krugger]

explosion in the shopping mall. they don't know if it was a bomb or a missle.
on news now.
edit- they're reporting it was a missle, no other details known.

 

[Iwentsouth]

Kuwait saying missle strike.

 

[iamwiz82]

ANy idea who it was?

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
ANy idea who it was?

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
ANy idea who it was?

Huh? Do you know "exactly" who was responsible?

Some have said bomb in the building, some have said missiles, etc...

 

[Tominator]

NBC says it was a Scud...you know...one of those banned by the UN weapons the UN inspectors needed more time to find....

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: Tominator
NBC says it was a Scud...you know...one of those banned by the UN weapons the UN inspectors needed more time to find....

Could well be a missile - but I doubt a Scud as the US briefing I saw today said the last 12 missiles fired weren't scuds maybe Al-Samoud family. I guess we'll have to wait and see - could just as likely be a patriot that missed, as I doubt a missile would get into Kuwait without at least one patriot being fired.

Andy

 

[drewshin]

Originally posted by: Tominator
NBC says it was a Scud...you know...one of those banned by the UN weapons the UN inspectors needed more time to find....

it seems any missile iraq fires the media calls a scud. i guess it sounds cool.

which sounds better?

"a scud attack!!!"

"an missile in the al-samoud family attack!!!!"

 

[Tates]

Fox reports that Kuwaiti Officials don't know if it was an Iraqi missle or a wayward Patriot.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: Morph
No one was hurt. Poor Kuwaitis, they won't be able to go shopping for their Gucci, Armani, Versace, etc clothes today.

Yep, and if you are sitting at your computer you can't be laying in the middle of an intersection stopping Americans from doing the same thing.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: Morph
No one was hurt. Poor Kuwaitis, they won't be able to go shopping for their Gucci, Armani, Versace, etc clothes today.

Yep, and if you are sitting at your computer you can't be laying in the middle of an intersection stopping Americans from doing the same thing.

???

 

[etech]

foxnews

U.S. officials in Washington, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also said the missile appeared to have been a Silkworm launched from southern Iraq.

"Some missiles we cannot detect with our missile defense system," al-Sabah said. "This kind of missile flies very low."

The Silkworm is an anti-ship cruise missle. Could they have been trying to get the ships bringing in more equipment? That is ,of course, assuming that it really was a Silkworm.

 

[steell]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: Morph
No one was hurt. Poor Kuwaitis, they won't be able to go shopping for their Gucci, Armani, Versace, etc clothes today.

Yep, and if you are sitting at your computer you can't be laying in the middle of an intersection stopping Americans from doing the same thing.

LOL

 

[Grey]

I also thought the silkworm was an anti-ship weapon. Looks like the Chinese also had their hands in the iraq money pot.

 

[sandorski]

Kuwaiti officials still are not sure, they suggest an Iraqi missile or even a US Cruise Missile.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Kuwaiti officials still are not sure, they suggest an Iraqi missile or even a US Cruise Missile.

Link to the story where they "suggest" it might be a US cruise missile. Haven't seen that one anywhere.

 

[Andrew111]

They were showing fragments of the missile on CNN......it had Chinese writing on it so I think it's pretty safe to assume it was the Silkworm as it is Chinese.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Kuwaiti officials still are not sure, they suggest an Iraqi missile or even a US Cruise Missile.

Cnn.com is currently saying that the Kuwaitis have found the missiles tail section (or part of it) and that it is a Silkworm

 

[Spyro]

This thread is too cool. (As in informative )

 

[HappyGamer2]

if I remember right the silk worm is french made, yes it was mainly for hitting ships, it's smaller than a scud and flies low to the ground.
franch sold them a few in the 70's or 80's
??????????

 

[NightTrain]

What was a ship doing in the Kuwati mall?

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: HappyGamer2
if I remember right the silk worm is french made, yes it was mainly for hitting ships, it's smaller than a scud and flies low to the ground.
franch sold them a few in the 70's or 80's
??????????

Interesting first paragraph here in this article

McNair Paper 36, Explaining and Influencing Chinese Arms Transfers, February 1995


INTRODUCTION
In July 1987, the United States began Persian Gulf escort operations for reflagged Kuwaiti tankers to guarantee safe passage through vital international shipping lanes threatened by the escalating Iran-Iraq War. The task was complicated for the American Navy by Iran's deployment of shore batteries of Chinese-manufactured HY-2 Silkworm antiship missiles (AShMs). Washington negotiated with Beijing, seeking to deny further antiship missile deliveries to Teheran. Although an understanding was reached in March of the next year, the "Silkworm controversy" marked a watershed in Sino-American relations. (Note 1) Henceforth, disagreements over arms transfer issues were to prove a recurring source of bilateral friction. In 1992, a U.S. Congressional research analyst noted:


http://www.ndu.edu/inss/macnair/mcnair36/36intro.html

 

[HappyGamer2]

LOL, it was dry docked for display, if you can hit a ship with it, a city should be easy to hit

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: NightTrain
What was a ship doing in the Kuwati mall?

ROFLMAO