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Beri Atwan Is Right: key issue, $1000 drone was shot down by $2mil Israeli #missile | The Mideastwire Blog
▻https://mideastwire.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/beri-atwan-is-right-key-issue-1000-drone-was-shot-down-by-2mi

On September 19, Abdul Bari Atwan wrote the following piece in the electronic Rai al-Youm daily:

“ The fact that the Israeli land defense intercepted a drone through a Patriot missile as the drone had infiltrated the space above the occupied Golan heights might be a regular piece of news for many, one that doesn’t deserve to be pondered in light of the Israeli military supremacy. However, when we learn that this drone was sent by #Hezbollah on a reconnaissance mission and that the cost of the #Patriot that downed it amounts to two million dollars, then the image might change drastically…”

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Israel fears #Hezbollah, #Hamas drones: Air force chief
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israel-fears-hezbollah-hamas-drones-air-force-chief

Israel fears Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza would deploy exploding drones against it in a future war, chief of the Israeli air force said on Monday. “We will have to cope with dozens of pilotless aerial vehicles, in both the northern and southern fronts,” Major-General Shachar Shohat, told a Tel Aviv “security conference.” Uzi Rabin, an Israeli aerospace expert, said Israel’s “Iron Dome” and Patriot missile interceptors were capable of shooting down most drones. read more

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