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• a  propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine

• Another cave next to it was about the same size and filled with ammunition, mostly bullets for Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades.
• The Enemy's Weapon A look at the rocket-propelled grenade .
• Think of the Army's new Active Protection System (APS) as Star Wars for soldiers, designed to protect them from rocket-propelled grenades and other short-range threats.

News & Articles

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• Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military section of Kabul's international airport on Monday. All seven militants were killed.
  June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Afghan Taliban boldly attack Kabul airport
  Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military section of Kabul's international airport on Monday. All seven militants were killed.
  June 10, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Afghan Taliban attack near Kabul airport
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven heavily armed Taliban fighters launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistan's main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and at least one large bomb. Two Afghan civilians were wounded and all the attackers were killed after an hours-long battle.
  June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  Bullets and heavy machine gunfire ricocheting across the rocks. Rocket-propelled grenades raining down. Fire so intense that weapons were shot right out of their hands,Obama said, explaining the battle to a packed audience at the White House....
• William Caldwell in CNN International
  The indications are now that it was brought down by small-arms fire and RPGs -- rocket-propelled grenades,Caldwell said, noting that these are preliminary indications.
• Gen Peter Pace in USA Today
  We think it was a rocket-propelled grenade, sir, but not 100% sure. And that will come out in time as we're able to get to the scene and the investigation required,Pace told a Senate committee during a hearing on his nomination to be chairman...