Monday, July 2, 2012

Can Hezbollah Enforce A Shipping Bloackade Of Israel During A War?

Firing a Chinese-manufactured C-802 anti-ship cruise missile

Hezbollah Could Blockade Sea In Future War -- Jerusalem Post

IDF: Lebanese group will target cargo ships within 30-km radius of Israel to try to get them to refuse to sail there during war.

Israel is concerned that in a war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group will try to blockade Israel by attacking civilian cargo ships.

Israel’s sea lines of communication span the length of the Mediterranean Sea and around the Magreb region of North Africa, with 99 percent of all goods arriving in the country by sea, including ammunition and military hardware.

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My Comment: If Hezbollah was enforcing a sea blockade of Israel .... I would have to assume that a state of all-out war would then be existing between the two opponents and that all shippers would be trying their best to avoid the region .... anti-ship missiles or not.

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