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Israel Shoots Down Unmanned Drone From Syria
Arutz Sheva ^
| 8-31-14
| Uzi Baruch
Posted on 08/31/2014 12:30:35 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
The Israeli Air Force downed an unmanned drone (UAV) over the Golan Heights as it attempted to enter Israeli airspace from Syria.
Forces fired a surface-to-air Patriot missile at the drone, which came from the area of Quneitra - which has seen fierce clashes between Syrian rebels and regime forces.
The Israel Defense Forces told the Associated Press that the drone appeared to have belonged to the Syrian military and had flown accidentally into Israeli airspace.
The IDF said that the drone was identified in Israel's air space and shot down by a ground-to-air Patriot missile. The IDF "will respond to any breach of Israel's sovereignty," Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Syria
KEYWORDS: assad; iran; israel; lebanon; syria
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
08/31/2014 12:31:53 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
a PATRIOT??? dear God, that's ~1 to 2 $million and bigger then the drone... i would hope it was something more along the lines of a Stinger or something
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posted on
08/31/2014 12:52:16 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: onyx
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posted on
08/31/2014 12:53:21 PM PDT
by
brivette
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Exceeding expensive solution. Achmed may be learning to attempt exhausting Israeli high tech weaponry because MadMo’s Koranimals do not have such weapons and can’t make it.
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:02:21 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
“The Israeli Air Force downed an unmanned drone (UAV) over the Golan Heights....”
Is there any such thing as a ‘manned drone’?
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:10:21 PM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Why? It was just a pepperoni pizza delivery.
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:12:43 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: GladesGuru
Exceeding expensive solution. Achmed may be learning to attempt exhausting Israeli high tech weaponry because MadMos Koranimals do not have such weapons and cant make it. Here's a video of Raytheon's robotic factory for manufacturing the SM-3 missile (used on Aegis cruisers, has successfully destroyed orbiting satellites).
I'd be willing to bet they're using the same technology to manufacture the Patriot system, or soon will.
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:19:22 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: chaosagent
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:23:00 PM PDT
by
taildragger
(Not my Circus, Not my Monkey ( Boy does that apply to DC...))
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I thought drones were un-peopled (being PC) - that’s the purpose, right?
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posted on
08/31/2014 1:45:35 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Didn’t the RAF knock the buzz bombs off course by putting a wing tip under them and nudging them?
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posted on
08/31/2014 2:13:02 PM PDT
by
ryderann
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
isn’t unmanned drone redundant?
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posted on
08/31/2014 3:57:09 PM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
In order to be worth the expenditure of a Patriot missile, that enemy drone must’ve been a rather large target. The next question is — who's supplying them to the Syrians and which side of the civil war launched it? I'll guess the drone was Iranian in origin with Syrian controllers and Iranian advisers?
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