{"id":55563,"date":"2021-08-30T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T10:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/30\/us-defense-system-downed-rockets-in-kabul-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:53:01","slug":"us-defense-system-downed-rockets-in-kabul-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/08\/30\/us-defense-system-downed-rockets-in-kabul-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"US defense system downed one rocket in Kabul attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This story was updated after a Monday morning Pentagon press briefing.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. military says five rockets targeted the Kabul airport<\/a> on Monday morning and U.S. forces on the airfield<\/a> used a defensive system to intercept one, Army Maj. Gen. William D. \u201cHank\u201d Taylor, Joint Staff deputy director for regional operations, told reporters Monday morning at a Pentagon press briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe force protection C-RAM did work. It did engage and had effect on the one, and then one did land in an area, and it was not effective,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an earlier statement, Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for the U.S. military\u2019s Central Command, said there were no U.S. casualties. He said U.S. forces used a defensive weapon known by the acronym C-RAM \u2014 a Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System \u2014 in response to the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It targeted the rockets in a whirling hail of ammunition, Urban said. The system has a distinct, drill-like sound that echoed through the city at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban said the Kabul airfield remains operational as the evacuation continued on Monday. Other details were not immediately available.<\/p>\n\n\n\t