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Gerald
10-06-12, 03:59 PM
(Reuters) - The Israeli air force shot down a drone after it crossed into southern Israel on Saturday, the military said, but it remained unclear where the aircraft had come from.

The drone was first spotted above the Mediterranean in the area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the west of Israel, said military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich.

It was kept under surveillance and followed by Israeli air force jets before it was shot down above a forest in an unpopulated area near the border with the occupied West Bank.

Leibovich said it was shot down at about 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), after it travelled east some 35 miles across Israel's southern Negev desert.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak praised the interception as "sharp and effective".

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/06/us-israel-aircraft-idUSBRE89508720121006

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/israel-skot-ner-dronare


Note: Sat Oct 6, 2012 3:09pm EDT
Anthony W.
10-06-12, 04:09 PM
Assuming it was a subsonic, non stealth drone - like most are - I'd also say it isn't that impressive.

I'm more concerned with finding out who's drone it was and what the military significance will be.
Stealhead
10-06-12, 04:43 PM
HAMAS has been making use of drones for a while now not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.They obviously use them to make observations of IDF activity so you do still want to destroy one when they do show up.
MH
10-06-12, 05:33 PM
HAMAS has been making use of drones for a while now not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.They obviously use them to make observations of IDF activity so you do still want to destroy one when they do show up.

Not ham"ass but the others to the north with the turbans...sort of.:haha:
Not Canadians.:o
Stealhead
10-06-12, 05:50 PM
The UAV was first seen on IDF radar while it was in HAMAS controlled territory.

"The drone was first spotted above the Mediterranean in the area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the west of Israel, said military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich." :hmmm:
MH
10-06-12, 06:46 PM
Go figure...those bastards have no respect for ham"ass:D
Stealhead
10-06-12, 09:40 PM
I thought that was a lame joke now I know for sure.
MH
10-07-12, 05:08 AM
Uh...yes...sort of but yet trying to be informative.