(See) Eilat-/Sa'ar 5-Klasse

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Meinung von "DefenseTech" bzw. "Defense Update" dazu:

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Israeli Military Site Gets Bloggy

Excellent. Defense Update, the long-standing supersite devoted to Israeli military gear, now has a blog. Here's a taste -- its take on the Hezbollah missile (not drone) attack:

Apparently, two missiles were launched toward the Israel Navy Ship (INS) Hanit (Spear), SAAR V class corvette patrolling the Lebanese coast 16 kilometers from the shore. The attack was a coordinated, simultaneous “high/low” attack - the first “high” missile passed over the Israeli ship.

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The simultaneous attack was probably using two techniques as well, ensuring maximum chances of success. The first missiles was apparently used as a radar-guided “bait”. seducing the ship to deploy its defensive systems against it, focusing all the attention on the “obvious” threat while the second sea-skimming missile closing below. A supporting fact for this assumption is the fact that the first missile locked on the unfortunate Egyptian ship 44 kilometers away, as it was the next visible target in its flightpath. ...