Posted on 10/06/2012 2:56:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The IDF suspects that the small UAV intercepted Saturday morning by IAF jets over the northern Sinai was launched by Iranian proxy militia Hizbullah. The drone may have been searching for targets for Iranian attacks.
The defense establishment has been looking at the fragments of the UAV, which fell in the area of southern Mount Hevron. According to reports, Israel initially suspected that it was launched from Sinai, but by Saturday evening, military sources said the military investigation showed the UAV had flown southward along Israel's Mediterranean coast before turning east over Gaza and heading into Israeli airspace. It is believed to have been launched from Lebanon.
If this becomes the final conclusion of the investigation, the apparent culprit behind the launch would be Hizbullah. The drone could have been collecting and transmitting information on possible targets for a missile hit by Hizbullah, Iran, or both.
The initial investigation indicated that the UAV is similar to UAVs used by Iran.
Hizbullah uses both Iranian-made and Russian-made UAVs.
The IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, has convened a special session of top officers to discuss the proper retaliation for the UAV infiltration.
The IAF's Aerial Monitoring Unit identified the UAV, which was not armed and probably served only for intelligence purposes – collecting data about IDF bases and the IAF's operational abilities.
The UAV is believed to have been equipped with cameras that transmitted the images they captured onward...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Yes. Always.
Damn. Excuse me while I beat myself up to assuage the guilt. An innocent, piece-loving UAV, dead at my hands./s
Of course the Hezbollah drone had Iranian components - Hezbollah is nothing more than the Iranian front of foreign interference.
No ashes, no sackcloth and no armband made of black cloth? </obscure Tom Lerher reference>
Wonder what the IDF used to down the drone
Prayers up for Israel,God knows they`ll not
get much help from the US with the guy we have
in charge
Hezbollah—being generally dominated by the Shi’ite sect of Islam—has always had close ties to Iran’s ruling mullahs since 1979. As such, the Hezbollah UAV is probably one of the many small drones that Iran has built in recent years.
Last train to Nuremberg
Last train to Nuremberg
Last train to Nuremberg, all on board
Who manufactured the bullet...
-Old anti-Vietnam war song by Pete Seeger.
Did it get 72 virgins? How are they handling their assignment?
The video shows it was a direct hit by a short range air-to-air missile... Good shooting!
The video shows it was a direct hit by a short range air-to-air missile... Good shooting!
See #10 [or #11] '-), for a link to the video...
The IDF suspects that the small UAV intercepted Saturday morning by IAF jets over the northern Sinai was launched by Iranian proxy militia Hizbullah.
I'll have to show this to one of my coworkers; he spent over twenty years working on F-16's in the Air Force before retiring a couple of years ago. He'll get a kick out of this.
Very interesting. Thanks for the post;link.
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