Posted on 07/13/2014 9:57:28 PM PDT by Nachum
An enemy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), apparently laden with explosives, was shot down by the IDF near the port city of Ashdod Monday morning.
The interception caused a strong explosion to rock Ashdod and the air raid sirens went off.
The Navy is reportedly looking for remains of the UAV.
The Air Force conducted a rehearsal in April for an event in which an enemy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) infiltrates Israeli airspace.
Both jet fighter and combat helicopter squadrons took part in the rehearsal, and practiced interception of a UAV near Israel's border, reported the Air Force website.
The IAF sees the threat as a growing one and the air crews rehearsed situations in which the most sophisticated UAVs in existence attempt to infiltrate – including models that Israel has neer encountered.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Hamas is armed and financed by Iran. Iran is using this “offensive” to study the capabilities and response of Iron Dome and other Israeli defense capabilities.
Iron Dome shot down a drone.
I am not sure that it was Iron Dome.
Both jet fighter and combat helicopter squadrons took part in the rehearsal, and practiced interception of a UAV near Israel's border, reported the Air Force website.
I guess it was not.
Funny way to write that sentence though.
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