Drone flight shows Israel is vulnerable: Iran military official

Gerald · 10-08-12, 05:10 AM

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(Reuters) - The incursion by an unmanned aircraft into Israeli airspace at the weekend exposed the weakness of Israeli air defenses, an Iranian military official was quoted as saying on Monday.

The Israeli air force shot down a drone on Saturday after it crossed into southern Israel, the military said, but it remained unclear where the aircraft had come from.

Jamaluddin Aberoumand, deputy coordinator for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the incident indicated that Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system "does not work and lacks the necessary capacity", Fars news agency reported.

The Iron Dome system, jointly funded with the United States, is designed to shoot down short-range guerrilla rockets, not slow-flying aircraft. It intercepted more than 80 percent of the targets it engaged in March when nearly 300 rockets and mortars were fired at southern Israel, the Pentagon said at the time.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8970AH20121008

Note: Mon Oct 8, 2012 5:42am EDT

eddie · 10-08-12, 12:59 PM

I wonder if the Iranians know how many drones are flying over their country right now!?!

Jimbuna · 10-08-12, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by eddie

I wonder if the Iranians know how many drones are flying over their country right now!?!

Well publicly they'll boast they do but in reality I doubt it.

eddie · 10-08-12, 03:36 PM

I was thinking more along the lines of US drones over Iran.

Jimbuna · 10-09-12, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by eddie

I was thinking more along the lines of US drones over Iran.

Oh yes, I realised that...but that won't stop them from lying/bluffing.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-09-12, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by eddie

I was thinking more along the lines of US drones over Iran.

I was thinking more along the lines of how much the US drones on about Iran.

soopaman2 · 10-09-12, 06:49 PM

Do they intentionally poke at the US , thinking their BFF's China and Russia will jump in? I am a critic of Israel, but respect their sovereignty. How come UN "so called" allies cannot, and insist on going around embargoes?

Then leave the UN, maybe then I can justify paying a majority of the UN budget ,equipment and manpower out of my tax money, while some nations do nothing but impede things, yet contribute very little.

China and Russia should be tried the same way Milosivich was in the Balkan conflict, If you think those 2 lack any mass graves, then you are nieve.

Iran has its testicles because of those 2, other Arab nations hate them.

UN is a freaking joke, and I am sick of paying cash and lives to them.

mapuc · 10-09-12, 07:33 PM

Israel is vulnerable, well, it's probably not the right word.

Iran apparently forgetting that its Israeli air defenses tracked the drone for a long time before they shot it down.

Only when they (Iran, and others) can send a drone to Israel and back without the drone being detected, only then can you say that Israel is vulnerable

After all it is peace in the region. Had it been a crisis or a war-like situation. They had hit it long before

Markus

Gerald · 10-11-12, 11:50 AM

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89A10O20121011

eddie · 10-11-12, 01:18 PM

Its not the first one, won't be the last either. Problem is though, they can't quite get them to return to the launch point!

Gerald · 10-11-12, 04:42 PM

Jimbuna · 10-11-12, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by eddie

Its not the first one, won't be the last either. Problem is though, they can't quite get them to return to the launch point!

Very true...and better than a smilie response

Gerald · 10-11-12, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Very true...and better than a smilie response

So negative ... what's up?

Jimbuna · 10-11-12, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

So negative ... what's up?

Gerald · 10-11-12, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I suspected it ... no surprise for me ever!!!

10-08-12, 12:59 PM	#2
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	I wonder if the Iranians know how many drones are flying over their country right now!?! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

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eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	I was thinking more along the lines of US drones over Iran. __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

10-09-12, 06:49 PM	#7
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Do they intentionally poke at the US , thinking their BFF's China and Russia will jump in? I am a critic of Israel, but respect their sovereignty. How come UN "so called" allies cannot, and insist on going around embargoes? Then leave the UN, maybe then I can justify paying a majority of the UN budget ,equipment and manpower out of my tax money, while some nations do nothing but impede things, yet contribute very little. China and Russia should be tried the same way Milosivich was in the Balkan conflict, If you think those 2 lack any mass graves, then you are nieve. Iran has its testicles because of those 2, other Arab nations hate them. UN is a freaking joke, and I am sick of paying cash and lives to them. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Netanyahu says Hezbollah sent drone downed over Israel http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89A10O20121011 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Its not the first one, won't be the last either. Problem is though, they can't quite get them to return to the launch point! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Israel is vulnerable, well, it's probably not the right word. Iran apparently forgetting that its Israeli air defenses tracked the drone for a long time before they shot it down. Only when they (Iran, and others) can send a drone to Israel and back without the drone being detected, only then can you say that Israel is vulnerable After all it is peace in the region. Had it been a crisis or a war-like situation. They had hit it long before Markus

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	__________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie