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2016-04-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hezbollah acquires advance Russian air-defense systems
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Posted by Besoeker 2016-04-14 07:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 Buk, meet Israeli 155mm artillery.
Posted by badanov 2016-04-14 07:53|| http://www.chriscovert.net  2016-04-14 07:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Ima thinkern 'drones' meself.
Posted by Pappy 2016-04-14 10:59||   2016-04-14 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 will directly threaten Israeli aircraft operating in northern Israel and the region

Northern Israel is Lebanon, with 'the region' as Jordan and Syria. What's the Buk defense dome missile radius, 20 miles? Is that really a threat with a Tomahawk standoff range of 200 miles?
Posted by Skidmark 2016-04-14 11:33||   2016-04-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Somehow I think the Israelis have a way to kill this thing pretty quickly.
Posted by DarthVader 2016-04-14 13:06||   2016-04-14 13:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Badman this is the ticket:

The M107 was also used by the Israel Defense Forces in the various Arab–Israeli conflicts from the Yom Kippur War on. During the Yom Kippur War it was one of the few weapons able to destroy Egyptian and Syrian anti-aircraft missile positions. Of the 15 SA-2 batteries lost by Egypt on the east bank of the Suez Canal, 13 were destroyed by M107s. When the IDF crossed the Suez Canal in Operation Gazelle, M107 SP guns were among the first to cross together with tanks and APC's. M107s also had sufficient range to hit the Syrian capital of Damascus.

When these guns were outranged by rocket fire from Tyre, they were upgraded with the addition of extended range, full-bore ammunition and new powder supplied by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation. This allowed operations over 50 km with increased accuracy. The IDF acquired over 200 vehicles.[8] In IDF service, the M107 is known as the Romach (spear or lance).


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Posted by Shipman 2016-04-14 14:05||   2016-04-14 14:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Prepare for the yapping of "world community" when such batteries, placed inside villages, are destroyed.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-04-14 15:09||   2016-04-14 15:09|| Front Page Top

#7 What if Israel straps a bunch of Korans to their warplanes? Arabs couldn't shoot at them, right?

/sarc
Posted by Iblis 2016-04-14 19:58||   2016-04-14 19:58|| Front Page Top

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