Hezbollah sends drone over Israel

[rooboy]

The flight over Israel of an unmanned Hezbollah spy plane has deeply embarrassed the Jewish Air Force, which has prided itself for decades on having total control of the region's skies.

"Breach in aerial security. Air force embarrassed. Hezbollah sees all," read Monday's front-page headline in Israel's top-selling daily Yediot Aharonot.

"And what if next time the drone carries a bomb?" asked the daily Maariv.

The Lebanese guerrilla group announced that it had sent the drone over "northern Palestine" (Israel) in retaliation for repeated violations of Lebanese airspace by Israel, deemed "Zionist attacks on Lebanese sovereignty".

Hezbollah also warned that it could carry out more such flights.

After several hours of complete silence from the Israeli military about the incident, the army eventually confirmed the flight over its territory.

"This morning, an Iranian UAV (unmanned air vehicle) operated by the Hezbollah terror organisation infiltrated into Israel over the western Galilee," a military spokesman said.

The army said the spy plane, launched from southern Lebanon, flew for about 15 minutes along Israel's northern Mediterranean coast until it reached the coastal resort of Nahariyah.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1237369.htm

[wordout]

1. LIHOP

leading up to pnac part 2: Syria.

they should be "deeply embarassed" that the hezbollah terror organization was created by israel.

[htuttle]

3. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time

Kind of like how the US formed al Queda.

[grumpy old fart]

4. huh?

"LIHOP" , "pnac"? say what??

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

8. Explained

LIHOP= Let it happen on purpose
PNAC= Project of New American Century (http://www.newamericancentury.org/)

[Javaman]

2. This is a Hezbollah test flight...

don't be surprised if there are many of these in the near future carrying bombs.

[Mizmoon]

5. Drones make for a scary future

How long before they are used for crowd control, police enforcement, etc. all over the world?

[wordout]

6. Israeli drones used by Arizona border police

Authorities in the southwestern state of Arizona have begun employing Israeli-built Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in border security, rescue and drug interdiction missions along the border with Mexico. The aircraft are being used by the state of Arizona in a special operation aimed at tightening security along the 2,000-mile Mexican border. Two Hermes 450 UAVs, developed and manufactured by Elbit Systems, have logged over 477 flight hours in missions along the U.S.-Mexico border, including several rescue missions.

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Israel close to $230m drone deal with India.

Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is about to close a $230 million deal with the Indian Army to sell it around 50 Heron/Eagle drones. Heron/Eagle is a Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance type unmanned aerial vehicle that can operate at a distance of more than 1,000 kilometres and at altitudes above 25,000 feet for more than 24 hours, providing real- time intelligence, according to IAI. The system also features automatic take-off and landing, integrated mission planning and sensor technology, and can simultaneously carry a wide range of payloads.

http://www.newsoftheday.com/israel/blog.html

(edit to include my recalling the cnn report that the drones used at az border are remotely controlled BY ISRAELIS here in the US)

[PatriotGames]

7. Owned.