Lost_lady
27-07-06, 12:00
It seems they are quite a resourcefull bunch.
Many examples are out there but the best example is how they hit the isreali corvete Hanit, with an anti ship missile.
It seems that they were expecting the ship to be able to detect its missile
and shoot them down with thier close in weapons systems,
i.e Phalanx.
It turned out the that the isrealis did not expect such an attack and they turned off thier phalanxs anti-missle system to avoid hitting friendly aircract.
Hezbollah expecting thier missle to be shot down laubched 2 types apparetly, the enormous 750kg c-802 chinese deisgned went directly for the target, while the smaller optically guided c-701 sneaked in on a very low altitude.
They wanted the big missle to attract the attention of the Isrealis, while they hit the it with the smaller one.
funny thing is that becuase the ships phalanx system and radar was turned off(or so the isrealis claim) , the c-802 went past the isreali shipp and hit an Egyptian cargo ship 44 kms away, while the smaller one hit the isrealis.
Explains how the ship managed to stay afloat and survive, becuase of the small warhead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/world/middleeast/19missile.html?ei=5065&en=3d0d943e18a69f22&ex=1153886400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
Many examples are out there but the best example is how they hit the isreali corvete Hanit, with an anti ship missile.
It seems that they were expecting the ship to be able to detect its missile
and shoot them down with thier close in weapons systems,
i.e Phalanx.
It turned out the that the isrealis did not expect such an attack and they turned off thier phalanxs anti-missle system to avoid hitting friendly aircract.
Hezbollah expecting thier missle to be shot down laubched 2 types apparetly, the enormous 750kg c-802 chinese deisgned went directly for the target, while the smaller optically guided c-701 sneaked in on a very low altitude.
They wanted the big missle to attract the attention of the Isrealis, while they hit the it with the smaller one.
funny thing is that becuase the ships phalanx system and radar was turned off(or so the isrealis claim) , the c-802 went past the isreali shipp and hit an Egyptian cargo ship 44 kms away, while the smaller one hit the isrealis.
Explains how the ship managed to stay afloat and survive, becuase of the small warhead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/world/middleeast/19missile.html?ei=5065&en=3d0d943e18a69f22&ex=1153886400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print