Thursday, November 10, 2011

Can Hezbollah Disable Israeli Drones?


Speculation Continues Over Hezbollah’s Ability To Disable Israeli Drones -- Daily Star

BEIRUT: The recent mysterious disappearance of a suspected Israeli pilotless reconnaissance plane from the radar screen of the French UNIFIL battalion in south Lebanon has raised speculation that Hezbollah has found a way of electronically jamming and disabling drones.

Information has been circulating for over a year that Hezbollah has been exploring – and may have discovered – a means of jamming the data link between a drone and its ground control base or interfering with the guidance system of drones on pre-programed flight missions in order to crash them.

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Update: Hezbollah can hit Israeli drones: report -- Press TV

My Comment
: If this is true .... I am sure there are many who are now worried in both Israel and the U.S. that their drone fleets are vulnerable .... especially since there have been rumors that Iran has also been successful in taking down drones flying near their secret installations

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