Hezbollah enters the era of drones

Hezbollah enters the era of drones


23/03/2017
Grown the capabilities of Hezbollah forces and the use of combat drones.
Where dedicated site "Middle East Eye" report to talk about the party use to God for drones in its operations in Syria, pointing out that the strengthening of the party's combat capabilities this technology raises fears Israel.
Website stated in this regard that Hezbollah has now a fleet of armed drones, used widely in Syria to enhance the combat capabilities there, pointing out that Israel is closely monitoring the activities of the party in this area, so it can be used in the end against it , according to the transfer of the site who he described Bmahll.

He explained that the video posted on YouTube in August / August of last year, bombs dropped a small self-plane appears on the armed rebels in northern Syria, pointing out that the submunitions used Chinese-made model "MSD -2", and containing an explosive explosive wrapped in plastic or metal balls small size. The site and saw that this development was an echo of the use of the "Daesh" this type of aircraft in the air attacks on civilian targets east of the city of Mosul.
He attributed Nicholas Blanford, an expert specializing in Hezbollah in the Atlantic Council of the use of a broad party of the drones they are available, and low prices can now "buy a plane without a pilot, a small trading for $ 600."
The report said that the first documented use of drones by Hezbollah was in 2004, when it sent a plane from making Garani said it was of a kind "Mirsa" a reconnaissance mission did not exceed 18 minutes over Israel, completed and returned to their base without being discovered.
It can be noted that the self-plane that Hezbollah used by the wearer is the model "immigrant 4", and called the party's last name is "Mirsad 1".
Expert specializing in Hezbollah told the site that Hezbollah used aircraft weapon without a pilot in 2006 during the war with Israel, pointing out that he had sent three planes of this type, at least one of laden with explosives, and that the process after dropping or crashing before entering Israeli airspace failed , according to the source.
The site says that Hezbollah by 2012 sent a plane without a pilot advanced to the south of Israel, have been cut, "hundreds of meters" on the coast of Israel over Gaza and the Negev desert !.
It is likely, analysts depending on the location that the plane used to be the time, which was dropped by the end of the day, the aircraft "saw 129" because of the length of the range, and because this kind of self-aircraft Iranian sophisticated and akin to a large extent the US aircraft-type "Reaper."
In Syria, the report says, quoting the Lebanese military expert Amin Hoteit, Hezbollah launched the first successful attack drone in 2014, when it targeted the headquarters for "Front victory" on the Lebanese border with Syria.
He attributed the report, Hezbollah's expansion in the use of drones to the existing Syrian conflict, and quoted one of its fighters was quoted as saying: "We certainly learn a lot by working with the Russians and the Iranians in the Syrian war, specifically when it comes to aircraft without a pilot."
In this regard, an expert Blanford added that Hezbollah, in addition to the development of knowledge in this type of aircraft, March new assignments related services, logistics and offensive operations and control of the land and control, as it gained new experiences in fighting in the varied topography than those back in the former in southern Lebanon.
He concluded his report to suspend the site of the former Israeli intelligence official, Avi Melamed, which pointed out that Israel is monitoring the growing capabilities of Hezbollah fighting and "the use of drones is of course one of the issues that Israel monitored closely."
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