Monday, January 04, 2010

Israeli drones

Israel is the leading manufacturer of drones in the world, in fact it could be said that Israel has pioneered the use of drones in warfare. As a result, not only have many Israeli lives been saved, and many enemies killed, but Israel now has a major industry (the Rafael Company) supplying drones to the USA, Russia (a recent m$53 deal) and India, among others. In a sense the use of drone has revolutionized warfare.
A drone is an umanned, remotely controlled vehicle (URCV). Although Israel is most known for its drone aircraft, there are also land drones capable of covering dangerous and rough terrain, much like a space vehicle, and there is now a ship drone. One aspect of this advancement is of course the computer technology and specialized control mechanisms that have been developed for this purpose.
These drones have several important capabilities, they have cameras installed on them that give an excellent view of the battlefield that a soldier or general cannot have, and this provides excellent intelligence not otherwise possible, they are practically undetectable to an enemy and they also have missile firing capability, so that a remote controller can fire with pin-point accuracy at a target that is many kilometers away. This capability has been used by US forces to attack terrorists in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as by the IDF in Lebanon and Gaza.
The new Israel product, the ship drone looks like a small patrol boat, it has a sleek "stealth" design so that it is invisible to radar and it can operate essentially silently hundreds of kilometers from its base. Not only can it be used for checking suspicious ships at sea, but it can be infiltrated into a harbor and could fire missiles in the dark at any target. This alone will revolutionize naval warfare, with the "sailors" staying ashore or on a distant ship and the drone doing the attacking, thus saving many lives. Because of its stealth capability this ship drone has been nicknamed "the death shark." See: http://www.israelnewsagency.com/navyterrorismisraelidfweapons481020..html
So when people say that the IDF can't do this or that, such as attack Iran's many nuclear sites, let's not forget the IDF's drone capability. Almost anywhere in the world is accessible, undetected, to Israeli intelligence gathering and possible attack. And note also that drones have excellent peaceful applications, such as surveying areas of difficult terrain.

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