Congo: Students in restive North Kivu province unveil long range missiles to be used against M23 rebels

Congolese students in conflict-plagued eastern province of North Kivu have tested successfully long-range missiles and explosives capable of attacking the positions of powerful M23 rebels sowing havoc in the region.

The students from the ISTA, the regional applied technical Institute in the provincial city of Goma, reportedly unveiled long range surface-to-surface missiles and explosives. They conducted a first successful test on Sunday November 12.

“I have to say bravo, even if the idea that these explosives will kill humans repulses me! We’re at war, and our applied engineering students might just be able to turn the tide with the missiles they’re training to make!” local journalist Rodriguez Katsuva indicated.

Katsuva also indicated the students will for the next step mount explosives on the missiles.
The province has been for several years now the theater of clashes between government forces and M23 rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda. M23 activities have caused death of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of Congolese.