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| Missile, Not Drone, Hit Israeli Warship |
| 2006-07-15 |
| A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the army said Saturday. The attack late Friday alarmed Israel because initial information indicated the guerrillas had used a drone for the first time to attack Israeli forces. But the army's investigation showed that Hezbollah had fired an Iranian-made missile at the vessel from the shores of Lebanon, said Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan. "We can confirm that it was hit by an Iranian-made missile launched by Hezbollah. We see this as very profound fingerprint of Iranian involvement in Hezbollah," Nehushtan said in an interview with The Associated Press. Another Hezbollah missile also hit and sank a nearby merchant ship at around the same time, Nehushtan said. He said that ship apparently was Egyptian, but had no other information. Nehushtan said the body of one of the four Israeli soldiers missing in the attack was found aboard the damaged warship. Other Israeli military officials said two bodies had been found. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #12 As of this post [Guam time], FOX NEWS says Israel says its a C-802, aka [dual-use = nuke capable]SILKWORM-type, allegedly provided to Iran's IRGC from China, to which Iran per se denies receiving any such same. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-07-15 22:16 |
| #11 J-Post say's it's a C802. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275923,00.html |
| Posted by: Angereper Glolutle6535 2006-07-15 10:12 |
| #10 Oh, well, a sea-skimming missle is much more comforting than a prop driven drone! |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2006-07-15 09:56 |
| #9 C-801 according to latest from Israel. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-15 09:27 |
| #8 I assume it was a bearing only attack and maybe when the C-802s radars fired up one picked the target the other picked the Egyptian vessel. Maybe chaff was used. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-15 09:25 |
| #7 Debka sez d same : http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1184 |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-07-15 09:24 |
| #6 Fox sez - Chinese design, Iranian-made: Silkworm? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-15 09:20 |
| #5 Let's see how Mubarak deal with this publicly. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-15 09:13 |
| #4 Cruise ship? Can't wait to hear those casualty figures. Iran is doing a lot of painting...into a corner. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-15 09:06 |
| #3 Reports around an Egyptian cruise ship was hit as well. |
| Posted by: Jitle Chomotch5994 2006-07-15 09:05 |
| #2 It was a sea skimming missile with a rocket engine. Released video showed a night time rocket plume then a detonation on the horizon. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-15 09:04 |
| #1 ...Getting some slightly confusing signals on this one, as I've seen the UAV story and now 'an Iranian-made missile'. I'm betting now on the missiles (though I wouldn't completely rule out the existence of jerry-rigged UAVs)but I want a bit more info on the Egyptian craft that was sunk and what sank it. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-07-15 07:50 |