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EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS GUIDED – JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITIONS (JDAM), 2000LB VERSION 4.3M THE SHOCK WAVES CREATE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PRESSURE PER SQUARE INCH. A SHOCK WAVE OF 12 PSI WILL KNOCK A PERSON DOWN; AND THE INJURY THRESHOLD IS 15 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSION CAN RUPTURE LUNGS, BURST SINUS CAVITIES AND TEAR OFF LIMBS HUNDREDS OF METERS FROM THE BLAST SITE. 15.24M WIDE CRATER FIRES FROM UP TO 43 KM AWAY LETHAL FRAGMENTATION RADIUS IS 350M FALLS WITHIN 7M AWAY FROM TARGET PENETRATES 38CM OF METAL OF 335CM OF CONCRETE 1 TON GUIDED – AGM114 HELLFIRE MISSILES HELLFIRE IS CURRENTLY PRODUCED IN THREE CONFIGURATIONS– ANTI-TANK, BLAST- FRAGMENTATION AND THERMOBARIC. SUBSONIC 44.5KG T0 49.4KG 1.62M – 1.76M FIRES FROM UP TO 8KM AWAY UNGUIDED – ARTILLERY SHELLS 155MM ARTILLERY SHELL THE IDF SAID AT LEAST 34,000 ARTILLERY SHELLS WERE FIRED INTO GAZA IN 2014 – A DAILY AVERAGE OF 680 ARTILLERY SHELLS FIRED INTO GAZA BY THE IDF. 40KG 2000 LETHAL FRAGMENTS PROJECTED
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Page 1: EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS - · PDF fileexplosive weapons guided – joint direct attack munitions (jdam), 2000lb version 4.3m the shock waves create thousands of pounds of pressure per square

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T H E I D F S A I D AT L E A S T 3 4 , 0 0 0 A R T I L L E R Y S H E L L S W E R E F I R E D I N T O G A Z A I N 2 0 1 4 – A D A I LY A V E R A G E O F 6 8 0 A R T I L L E R Y S H E L L S F I R E D I N T O G A Z A B Y T H E I D F.

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