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Last Updated: Israel Develops Laser-guided Mortar System To Prevent Collateral Damage Israel on Sunday unveiled a laser-guided mortar system that it said could significantly bring down the numbers of civilian casualties during an attack. Israel on Sunday unveiled a laser-guided mortar system that it said could significantly bring down the numbers of civilian casualties during an attack. The laser-guided mortar system called the “Iron Sting” has been developed by the research and development unit of Israel’s Defence Ministry along with local firm Elbit Systems Ltd. Israeli Defence M...

Official in japan are investigating two small explosions last night outside an american air base in tokyo. authorities believe they were caused by an improvised device. they found a timing mechanism at the scene and two tubes. carl penhall is live with the latest. i'm sure the bomb squad is out there and investigators are trying to find out any evidence at all to figure out what happened here? >> reporter: jason a rosa, absolutely. the japanese police are taking this very seriously. we saw bomb squads 40 or 50 members, in fact, the bomb squad combing that area a few hundred yards from the peri...

Going off. >> factor worker deisy gonzaga thought it was part of thanksgiving celebrations on the base. >> like fireworks, bomb, like that. >> translator: around 11:30, there was a sound like this and then the whole apartment shook. >> reporter: police and bomb squad teams have been combing this area's fields and wooded land and now confirm that they found two steel tubes taped to wires, a battery and crew timing device. they believe that is part of a homemade mortar system. there was no sign any protect tiles flew into the base, home to some 3500 servicemen from the u.s., 374th air wing. a sp...

Bomb squad teams are combing this area a few hundred yards from the perimeter of the us air force base. residents say they heard two loud explosions during the night. police now say they found two steal tubes attached to wires, a battery and a crude timing device. it is apparently a homemade mortar system. the us air force says that there were no explosions on the base itself and no reports of damage or injuries. around 3500 u.s. servicemen are based there and there have been sporadic incidents like this in the past. back to you. to mexico city, a father undergoes a rare double arm transplan...

Senators, constituents, all americans especially those who have made and repeatedly honor a commitment to serve in harm's way when he required. now, i was an officer for 22 years in the united states army and i have a lot of experience with mortars, and one of the things that he should be looking at and allow people to do the investigation is to-- the mortar system and 81 millimeter systems, and a hot cookoff with that mortar round, for him to go on the senate floor and try to use this as some type of political statement, he needs to send an apology not just to the families, but to altima reas...