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December 10, 2007

Eyes in the Sky

UAV. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. It's the new frontier. And in case you're keeping score Israeli intelligence have been knocking off terrorists at a pretty steady rate for the past few years. The reasons are manifold: The security wall, intelligence assets on the ground, and UAV's flying 24/7 with lenses so powerful they can pinpoint the individual hairs on the beards of the terrorists.

It's true that missiles still rain down on southern Israel, an unacceptable situation, but Israel is killing more and more of the terrorists who are launching these terror weapons. And the individual homicide bombers and terrorists who try and enter Israel, well, the IDF makes toast of them at the check-points that Peace Now and other liberals find so objectionable.

Note: Seraphic Secret still believes that the best tactic in dealing with the hostile entity in Gaza is to deny the population power and fuel. We do not believe that an IDF ground operation is wise. Hizbullah are busy building complex networks of bunkers, and storing vast supplies of weapons, in short preparing for a Lebanese-style war, including setting up units who wear IDF uniforms. It's imperative for Israel to deny Gaza the very power that makes this build-up possible, rather than march into a hornet's nest of urban warfare.

Here's a nice report by an American UAV geek as he surveys UAV technology in Israel. Good stuff, and we can only expect the technology to improve, which means even more dead terrorists.

For UAV geeks, Israel really is the promised land. No country is more advanced in the use of UAVs, small and large, and the second Lebanon war was a state-of-the-art example of ubiquitous eye-in-the-sky presence. I'm in Tel Aviv today, and I took the opportunity to hang out with the best of the bunch. Here's a brief report:

To read the complete report and see a neat UAV video in flight, please click here.

Posted by Robert J. Avrech at December 10, 2007 11:44 AM

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Posted by: kishke at December 10, 2007 04:26 PM

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