Israel Shoots Down Drone at Border, Issues Stern Warning to Syrian Army

Western Journalism ^ | November 11, 2017 | Yochanan Visser

[SunkenCiv]

...shot down a Syrian drone about to enter Israeli airspace over the border town Kuneitra on the Syrian Golan Heights. Israeli media reported the unmanned aerial vehicle belonged to the Syrian army, which consists today of mainly Shiite volunteers and mercenaries flown in from Iran. The IDF used a Patriot missile to down the drone, which was on a reconnaissance mission, just as it did in September when a Hezbollah-operated UAV entered Israeli airspace at about the same spot near the Israeli border... Israel has... demanded that any solution to the 6-year-old Syrian war must involve the creation of a 12-mile buffer zone along the Israeli-Syrian border where the presence of Iranian militias and the Al-Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps would be banned. Last week, the IDF threatened direct intervention in Syria... motivated by a desire to protect the Druze in Hader... the presence of Hezbollah fighters and the Iranian-backed Syrian army in Hader a few miles from the Israeli border was behind the threat... Iran is building a military base just 31 miles from the Israeli border on the Golan Heights, within the compound of the Syrian army base Al-Kiswa, eight miles from Damascus. The BBC published satellite images reportedly showing the progress of the building and reported 25 buildings under construction.

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

from the FRchives:

• Bill Maher: Dems Could Lose By Refusing to Say 'Islamic Terrorism'
• Bill Maher: Democrats Risk Losing Election If Can't Say 'Islamic Extremism'
• Maher: Obama's Pulling His Numbers on Islam 'Right Out of His A**,' 'It's Not One Small Slice'
• Bill Maher gets into a debate with Charlie Rose on why Islam is more violent than Christianity
• Bill Maher on Terror Attacks: Wouldn''t Being Armed at Least Give Citizens a Chance?
• Bill Maher: I Wish Liberals Would Have Same Intolerance For Muslims That They Do For Christians
• Maher: Dem Position On Immigration Has Morphed Into "You Get Across That River, You're Here To Stay"

but remember with whom you're dealing:

• Maher Fantasizes About Trump Dying on Stage, Jokes About Cheney Dying

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I cannot image using a Patriot missile as cost effective against a drone.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It’s too easy and cheap for Syria to deplete Israel’s ammunition supply at this rate. It requires highly asymmetric response. Next time, follow up the drone strike with an attack on a Syrian asset worth much more than a Patriot missile. Not necessarily the drone launch and control site, which might be bait. Pick a high value soft target, a power plant or several radar sites.

[SunkenCiv]

Agreed, it was probably a Barak 8.

[SJackson]

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[prophetic]

For some time now I’ve been reading about the laser version of the Iron dome being almost ready. I can hardly wait for the megawatt version to be ready though.

[SunkenCiv]

That will be nice. Range on that should be excellent, and give a reach advantage, plus the ability to knock down a wider variety of targets, and quickly.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

... and cheaply.