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C-Ram--the artillery shell zappers.
Rocket, artillery and mortar (in this context also collectively known as Ram) fire has emerged as one of the insurgent's weapons-of-choice in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. Relatively low in cost, easy to smuggle, yet able to exact serious casualties, and alongside the roadside bomb and suicide bomb, these types are a guerrilla's weapon par excellence.
Before the American-led coalition found itself embroiled in what President Barack Obama's administration now calls 'Overseas Contingency Operations', having abandoned the 'Global War on Terror' sobriquet, troops positioned in supply depots and bases would not have to worry so much about the threat of rocket, artillery and mortar attack during the 'linear' conflict of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, for example. Although it must be remembered that t...See the full content of this document
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