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| Hezbollah Sends Drone Into Israel |
| 2004-11-07 |
| Hezbollah sent a reconnaissance drone into Israeli territory Sunday in response to Israel's repeated air violations of Lebanese airspace, the militant Islamic group announced. In a statement faxed to The Associated Press, Hezbollah said a reconnaissance drone of the Islamic Resistance, the group's military wing, carried out its first flights over "occupied northern Palestine, flying over several Zionist settlements, reaching the coastal settlement of Nahariya and returning safely to its base." "This qualitative and new achievement by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon comes as part of a natural response to the Zionist enemy's repeated and permanent violations of Lebanese airspace," the statement said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 This qualitative and new achievement by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon... Yes, they can now fly model airplanes. The hard part was manufacturing the 10000 foot rubber band to power it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-07 3:22:18 PM |
| #12 I wonder if they used a videocamera or an old 8mm? I KNOW they don't have the sophistication to build real reconnaissance systems, and nothing the Russians have sold the Syrians so far is that modern. Besides making a flight, what did they accomplish? Sounds to me like an attempt at a propaganda coup, with no substance behind it. I'm also sure Israeli radio-intercept operators have pinpointed exactly where the control center is, and will "deal with it appropriately" the next time it comes on the air. More popcorn, anyone? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-11-07 1:26:33 PM |
| #11 Hezbollah Sends Drone Into Israel When one considers the extremely dubious nature of any and all contributions that Hezbollah makes to this world of ours, I think it's safe to say that all of them are, in fact, drones. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-11-07 12:36:06 PM |
| #10 Thanks for the chuckle BD. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-11-07 11:38:54 AM |
| #9 You blowed up their bandwidth BD! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-07 10:17:12 AM |
| #8 LOL BD! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-07 9:59:45 AM |
| #7 When all the necessary technical information for building such aircraft is so easily available on the web, it's not surprising the Hezbollah technicians manage to get one airborne sooner or later. I did a quick Google, and in less than two minutes found the site containing the instructions pertaining to the actual drone Hezbollah used, here. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-07 9:58:21 AM |
| #6 I thought James Brolin was married to a Jew? This is outrageous! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-07 9:55:11 AM |
| #5 "Mahmoud! Idiot! You forgot to put a camera on the drone!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-07 9:53:22 AM |
| #4 This may sound like a silly question, but what, exactly, is this "drone" supposed to do? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-11-07 9:48:20 AM |
| #3 Yup sounds like an RC plane to me too. I have a friend who is nuts for them and has several with huge wing spans and long duration. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-07 9:43:29 AM |
| #2 rrriiiggghhhttt. Sounds like somebody got a RC-model airplane.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-07 9:25:43 AM |
| #1 And where exactly did a terrorist organization get a reconnaissance drone? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-07 9:20:12 AM |