[SampleMan]

Later unidentified drop tanks, which may have contained fuel for the planes,

But it sounds intelligent with a British accent.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi....kind of a summary....

[saganite]

The implication is that the planes effectively dumped their munitions so better to manoeuvre during their escape.

LOL! The BBC doesn’t understand a thing about the IAF. Also, this whole report is couched in a sense of a great mystery when it’s no such thing. The Israelis hit a nuke site in Syria and the Syrians can’t do a damn thing about it because they were found out and punished. Not to mention embarrased because they never knew the Israelis were there.

[claudiustg]

Arabs lying; arabs humiliated. Whoever heard of such a thing?

[GoldenPup]

You can bet your bottom buck that Washington was informed beforehand and that our “spooks” have satellite pics.

[DocRock]

bttt

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, and I thought the summer was gonna be hot.

might simply have been an over-flight to trigger air defence radars and gather electronic intelligence. Such a probe might be linked to new air defence missiles reportedly supplied to Syria by the Russians.

...or perhaps it might have been to destroy same on the ground, before they're deployed. Thanks Ernest.

[NordP]

BBC: Israel's Syria 'raid' remains a mystery

Only to you.