Yup. It would have to be radar guided at that range.
They also nailed a merchant boat, and I wonder if it was poor targeting by the fire crew, or if the missile had to use it's onboard computer to choose a target when the fire control radar when blank in mid-flight. I'm guessing these missiles don't develop a composite image like our Harpoons do, so it would be either the closest bearing target or just some kind of monkey choice (eeny-mennie-miny-moe).
Iran and Syria have probably been funneling them all kinds of goodies for the past decade, so I think Israel is strategically correct to shut down transportation routes at the start. They need to start dropping cell-phone towers, too. Just send in a HARM and call it a good choice.
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