As many as five rockets were fired toward Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul this evening, a U.S. official tells ABC News.
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UPDATE: So far no signs of casualties at the Kabul airport, the official tells ABC News, also confirming the U.S. military's anti-projectile C-RAM fired to intercept the incoming rockets, though it is not yet clear how many it took out, if any.
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Hamid Karzai Airport remains operational, meaning flights out of Kabul continue, the official added.
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FYI, the C-RAM defense system fires a violent burst with its 22mm gatling gun at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute to intercept indirect fire threats like rockets and artillery. See brief demo here: bit.ly/3zuf0Me
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CENTCOM commander Gen. Frank McKenzie touted the C-RAM during a press briefing Friday: "We have our anti-rocket and mortar system, the gun systems ... We have them in position around the airfield and we feel we're in good shape should that type of attack occur."
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President Biden has been briefed on the rocket attack on HKIA, according to a White House stmt. Biden was also "informed that operations continue uninterrupted at HKIA..."
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UPDATE: One rocket landed at the airport but caused no casualties, another was blown out of the sky by the U.S. military's C-RAM, and three others landed off site: Gen. Hank Taylor this morning.
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