Illustrative image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
Hezbollah on April 6 released video footage showing its fighters shooting down a Hermes 450 combat drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) using a man-portable air defense system (MANPADS).
The drone was shot down five days earlier, over the town of Aainata in southern Lebanon. The footage released by Hezbollah indicates that an imaging infrared search and tracking system was used to detect the drone.
The MANPADS that took down the drone was likely a North Korean HG-7. Not much is known about the heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile, but it is believed to be a copy of the Soviet Igla-1, which has a range of 5 kilometers and a flight ceiling of 3,5 kilometers.
The IDF seized one such MANPADS from Hezbollah during the previous war in Lebanon, which broke out as a result of the war on the Gaza Strip. The group likely received the missiles through Iran and Syria, not directly from North Korea.
Illustrative image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
The Hermes 450 is a medium-sized multi-payload drone designed by Israeli defense company Elbit for tactical long-endurance missions.
The drone, which reportedly cost more than $2 million, has an endurance of over 20 hours, with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance, combat and communications relay. Payload options include electro-optical/infrared sensors, communications and electronic intelligence, synthetic-aperture radar/ground-moving target indication, electronic warfare, and hyperspectral sensors.
This was the second time Hezbollah has managed to shoot down a Hermes 450 since the start of the ongoing confrontation, which began more than a month ago following the American-Israeli war on Iran. The first drone was shot down over the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon on March 16. Keeping with strict censorship rules, the IDF has not denied or confirmed these aerial losses.
Hezbollah is clearly still in possession of effective MANPADS, in addition to a capable imaging infrared search and tracking system.
These capabilities will pose a serious challenge not just to IDF combat drones. In fact, the group has already announced targeting several attack helicopters and even fighter jets. It may be just a matter of time before the group manages to score a kill against a manned aircraft.
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breaking news at alice jones spinfowars .uks organising a 40 nation coalition of the willing to break irans attempts to control the. world’s fuel and fertilisers. to liberate that power out of their hands ✋️
because of the alawite betrayal of syria, dump will now destroy iran. i hope hts kills all alawites and bans the alawite religion. i also hope that the hungarians will kick orban across the border. on the other side is janez janša country. the israelis managed to achieve a parliamentary majority for the sds party.
what? janša won the election? who is in his coalition?
erdogan is already paying for his destruction of syria.
grčka se naoružava od izraela, štiti granicu sa turskom! evo šta za šta su grci dali 655 miliona evra! (video)
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prema ministarstvu odbrane izraela, sporazum će biti sproveden u roku od 4 godine, nakon čega počinje režim podrške i održavanja, koji će trajati 10 godina.
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grčka je sa izraelom sklopila sporazum o kupovini preciznih raketno-artiljerijskih sistema puls, vrednih oko 655 miliona evra, prenosi tajms of izrael.
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ministri odbrane ovih zemalja potisali su sporazum na svečanoj ceremoniji u atini. sistem puls, koji proizvodi izraelska kompanija elbit, ima domet do 300 km i služiće u zaštiti severoistočne granice grčke sa turskom i grčkih ostrva u egejskom moru, naveli su izraelski vojni zvaničnici.
sporazum obuhvata i proizvodnju komponenata u grčkoj.
prema ministarstvu odbrane izraela, sporazum će biti sproveden u roku od četiri godine, nakon čega počinje režim podrške i održavanja, koji će trajati deset godina. poslednjih godina, dve zemlje sprovele su nekoliko zajedničkih vojnih vežbi, upravljaju centrom za obuku vazduhoplovnih snaga na jugu grčke, i imaju jake diplomatske i ekonomske veze, navodi tajms of izrael.
grčka je saopštila da će do 2036. godine potrošiti oko 28 milijardi evra na modernizaciju oružanih snaga, i trenutno sa izraelom vodi pregovore o razvoju “kupole” za protivvazdušnu i raketnu odbranu.
htt ps://w ww.k u rir.rs /pla neta/99 61422/sp ora zum-grc ke-i-izra ela-n ovi-raket ni-siste mi-p uls i hope that the greeks and israelis will largely repay erdogan for what his vile actions have done to syria, iraq, iran, and hezbollah.