Posted on 10/05/2007 10:11:12 AM PDT by Signalman
The lid of secrecy covering the Sept. 6 Israeli air strike into Syria remains tight but one new theory emerging amid the speculation is that the Israeli conducted an electronic warfare exercise in preparation for future strikes or an attack on Iran.
Authoritative reports from the Middle East stated that the Israel operation included extensive electronic warfare jamming by aircraft. The Israeli were testing the capabilities of Russian-made air defenses, including both radar and missiles located near Damascus and south of Homs near the Lebanese northern border.
The raid was unprecedented in the blanket of jamming and electronic disruption that it caused over wide areas of Syria enroute to the target point, a base near the Euphrates River.
The jamming also affected parts of Lebanon and Israel but Syria was able to get a small amount of sensor information from one of its electronic eavesdropping stations and spot the Israeli infiltration.
The raid was part of a U.S. “masint” operation according to this theory, referring to the military practice known as measurement and signature intelligence that is designed to learn the chrematistics and capabilities of all weapons in a region that emanate electronic signals. The masint signatures are needed for targeting and for defeating air defense threats.
The daring raid would gain valuable intelligence needed for future strikes by both Israel and the United States in the region.
The U.S. military is considering attacks on both Syria and Iran to counter infiltration by insurgents and terrorists into Iraq, including the Iranian paramilitaries. Israel could use the data for its battle against Hizbullah and possibly a future strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Journalist Jack Wheeler raised this idea in a recent report when he stated that the identity of the target, whether nuclear facilities, missiles or Hizbullah terrorists is “not the story.”
“The primary point of the attack was not to destroy that target,” Wheeler said. “It was to shut down Syria's Russian air defense system during the attack. Doing so made the attack an incredible success. Syria is shamed and silent. Iran is freaking out in panic. Defenseless enemies are fun.”
Thanks for the ping!
I'm laughing out loud and spitting coffee out my nose.
Reason #3 not to read FR while at work :-) (but at least I own the place).
Interesting Stuff...;0)
dat stump (lol)
Looks like he’s over Nebraska in that photo...
Good shot though, I’m adding it to my image collection.
Funny thing too, most of the Russian/Iranian oil deals have already been inked...ha ha!
LOL,,,True Dat...;0)
LOL. The panic must have been something to see.
Piggy-n-a-poke...;0)
Can anyone direct me to the thread that talks about how we were on the edge of WWIII before the IAF took out this Syrian site and perhaps a NK nuke? I cannot remember enough of the title to search.
Thanks in advance!
“Actually you’re quite wrong here.
You do want them to know, it’s called deterrence.”
You do not use perishable elements of your military technology, like effective EW methods, for deterrence. You save them, safeguard them with your utmost security, for the eventuality that you hope never comes.
Israel used what it thought was necessary for the job at hand. Sure, data collected may prove useful in the future, but if true, this illustrates the level of concern Israel had for the developments in Syria....so much so that they used a silver bullet.
LOL x 10
LOL. Laughed so hard I almost hurt myself.
World Tribune...
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Unless...
...a different source claimed wide area comms disruption, during an entirely different raid. Like Lebtucky, when 6 IAF planes made a loop over Hezb terrortory and scrambled big pieces of the net in Beiruit.
Megawatts of RF.
Wide area, twice.
The case for smart photons rests entirely on the new Russian AD systems, of unknown competence. Otherwise, 80’s technology covers all known datapoints.
Would you spend a surprise capability like that on a bit player like Syria?
As I have said before, injection of a virus.
“September 6 was *not* about deterrence or a message. Israel did not just give up the fact that it can blank radars.
Nope. Israel hit a very real target with high threat value to the lives or livlihoods of all Israelis.”
Exactly..... These capabilities are perishable. They were worried and did what it took to remove that worry.
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They turned on HAARP
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