Comments on: The Israeli raid on Syria: Bypassing the radar

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:28:46 +0000

Yes but the problem is that such a technology is better if the enemy does not know that it has been defeated. Now that they know they will change their methods.

It is like the NY Times reveling that the US had tapped Al Qaeda cell phones. The day after the paper cam out with that all the encryption methods were changed causing us to lose that source of intelligence.

By: David Charlap

David Charlap — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:32:59 +0000

… Or use them immediately BEFORE we get to destroy them. Sadly I think THIS is the option Mr crazy pants will use. Thus guaranteeing Iranâ€™s complete destruction.

Which is why we should flatten Iran now. If we’re going to have to do it sooner or later, I’d rather do it before somebody I like gets nuked.

By: Ed Hausman

Ed Hausman — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:28:16 +0000

One, Israel has been good at military technology for a long time. Two, the last great aliyah was from Russia, with many technically educated people in that group.

Whether they like it or not, it looks to me like Russia is supplying both sides in this conflict.

But Iran has nothing to worry about, after all, they just built their own world-class fighter … even if it does look like a vintage US throwaway we used to sell to countries that needed a quickie air force.

John M, it IS a big deal for Israeli security — not that they need it to defeat the Arabs so much, as it’s payback time for all that US military aid. Now Russia knows that the US can defeat its best systems again.

By: Long_Rifle

Long_Rifle — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:19:11 +0000

“Then again, it did take them TEN WHOLE HOURS to SIMULTANEOUSLY defeat ALL the air forces of FIVE Arab nations AT THE SAME TIME in â€˜67.”
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It’s funny ’cause it’s true! Iran has to be livid right now.

But this also means only one thing, they KNOW if they say they have nukes Israel and hopefully America WILL attempt to destroy them. Now Iran KNOWS they have no way to stop them, nor can they even do any damage to the attackers.

They only have 2 options:

When they get nukes, keep quiet and don’t say anything….. Hmmmm, yeah right!

Or use them immediately BEFORE we get to destroy them. Sadly I think THIS is the option Mr crazy pants will use. Thus guaranteeing Iran’s complete destruction.

By: John M

John M — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:30:14 +0000

Hmmm.. While I’m certainly glad of this if it’s true, I don’t think it represents a huge leap forward in security for Israel, for the simple fact that they were probably already able to defeat most of the Syrian systems by deploying commonsense operational discipline. Things like plotting and avoiding or destroying any detected SAM sites, exploiting known gaps in coverage, exploiting Syrian operator incompetence, etc. I don’t think the IAF has been seriously challenged by Arab air defense forces for 40 years.

Then again, it did take them TEN WHOLE HOURS to SIMULTANEOUSLY defeat ALL the air forces of FIVE Arab nations AT THE SAME TIME in ’67.

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:45:24 +0000

That was what Debka said right from the beginning…

http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/02/3768

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:28:57 +0000

I hope that this keeps them up at night.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:40:45 +0000

Note that this advanced and creative technology comes from a small country under tremendous pressures. Makes you wonder what sort of contributions to the betterment of all Israel could make if substantial amounts of its attention and resources didn’t need to be devoted to staying alive.

Oh, I forgot, if Israel would only recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinians peace would reign.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:43:08 +0000

I love it Meryl !!! :-)