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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah missile sea strikes: UAV or ground based?
2006-07-15
Bill Roggio discusses. Bottom line:
... Both weapons systems indicate a level of sophistication which Hezbollah likely does not possess, but their Iranian backers do. A guided missile system, either from the ground or from UAVs, further implicates the Iranian government in its involvement in this war. A ground based system requires radar and other sophisticated support systems, which require technical expertise and maintenance support, as well as technical training. For Hezbollah to have succeed in this strike using a ground based anti-ship missile system, it would have needed to deploy and fire these missiles without prior testing of the radar along the Lebanese coast. An anonymous Israeli intelligence official claims "about 100 Iranian soldiers are in Lebanon and helped fire the Iranian-made, radar-guided [C-802] at the ship late Friday."
Posted by:Fred

#2  ...It would be - but any kind of ground-launched missile site, even a mobile one, would stand out like a sore thumb just long enough for its crew to get an up-close and personal demonstration of US bombing capabilities.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-07-15 16:08  

#1  Is it safe to assume this would be the weapon of choice for threatening the Straight of Hormos?
Posted by: Capsu78   2006-07-15 14:45  

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