"Secret Hezbollah Drone Airstrip Discovered In Lebanon" Topic
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Tango01 | 25 Apr 2015 3:31 p.m. PST |
"Lebanon's militant Shia group, Hizbullah, has constructed an airstrip in the northern Bekaa Valley for its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), an analysis of satellite images suggests. Located in a remote and sparsely populated area 10 km south of the town of Hermel and 18 km west of the Syrian border, the airstrip was built sometime between 27 February 2013 and 19 June 2014, according to imagery that recently became publicly available on Google Earth. It consists of a single unpaved strip with a length of 670 m and width of 20 m. Material has been excavated from a nearby quarry to build up the northern end of the strip so that it is level. It is built over a shorter strip that had been in existence since at least 2010…" Full article here link
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Mako11 | 25 Apr 2015 4:55 p.m. PST |
Can you say "priority target"? |
Lion in the Stars | 26 Apr 2015 1:19 p.m. PST |
@Mako: Dirt airstrips are difficult to knock out for any length of time. Drive a bulldozer down it to fill in the craters, spray it down with some oil to keep the dust down, you're back in business. You're better off aiming for the drone controllers. |
Legion 4 | 26 Apr 2015 2:57 p.m. PST |
The small structures and antenna would be the first to go … |
cwlinsj | 26 Apr 2015 7:37 p.m. PST |
Commando insertion, shoot the drone operators, blow up the drones, comms and all useful materiel. Crater the runway. Repeat as necessary. |
Legion 4 | 27 Apr 2015 9:15 a.m. PST |
That would work … and most importantly … repeat as needed … |
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