according to report Hezbollah capture sinle Gils missile and her launcher,left behind by the israel,the missile may already pass it to iran, there are fear that iran will reverse engineer the missile.
trying to reverse engineer the missile will be very difficult,particulary that FPA IRCCD.
By: challenge - 10th November 2006 at 05:01
they could subsitute the IR sensor with ordinary CCD,but it could restrict it to day light use only.
or simple replace it with alternative guidance,lebanon war, show tandeem HEAT warhead is sufficient enough to damage or even destroyed latest battle tank.
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th November 2006 at 07:01
is fire and forget ATGM more expensive to produce than traditional wire guide(laser guided) ATGM.if so,the russian will stick with wire guided missile.
An IIR sensor will cost more than $60 thousand US alone without the other components. The launcher could be set up to use the missiles seeker instead of a thermal sight, which would reduce the cost of the system, which would also mean the flash all weather sights wouldn’t get nicked by other units as reportedly happened with the MIRA sights on the Milan.
By: Distiller - 8th November 2006 at 06:21
#1 – these infantry men were idiots not to blast the missile with a hand grenade when they had to leave it.
#2 – but it’s not that bad, since with the key parts being microchips and software, reverse-engineering brings you basically nowhere.
By: challenge - 8th November 2006 at 00:50
is fire and forget ATGM more expensive to produce than traditional wire guide(laser guided) ATGM.if so,the russian will stick with wire guided missile.
By: SOC - 7th November 2006 at 22:35
Bet that ends up in a lab in Moscow for a reduced price on new toys for Iran to send back through Syria to Hizbullah.
And I just now noticed your signature :diablo:
By: Vaiar - 7th November 2006 at 20:12
Report: Missile system captured by Hizbullah, sent to Iran
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, November 6, 2006
TEL AVIV — Hizbullah has captured an Israeli-origin advanced anti-tank guided missile system.
Israel state-owned television said an unidentified army unit left the launcher and missile in southern Lebanon, Middle East Newsline reported. The television said in a Nov. 3 report that Hizbullah found the Spike system and transferred it to Iran.
Israeli military sources said the Ground Forces Command has determined that Hizbullah seized the Spike anti-tank guided missile system. The sources said Hizbullah captured the Israeli system during the war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
“We know that one Gil [Spike] system has gone missing in an area where Hizbullah operated,” a source said.
The Spike was developed and produced by the state-owned Rafael, Israel Armament Development Authority. The system, sold to several countries, was widely used against Hizbullah in the 34-day war in Lebanon, which ended on Aug. 14.
“It obviously went to Iran,” Yoav Limor, the television’s military commentator, said.
The television report said Israel’s military has assessed that Iran would seek to reverse-engineer the Spike ATGM, with a range of four kilometers. Limor said this would allow Iran to develop counter-measures.
During the war, Hizbullah used Russian-origin anti-tank missiles obtained from Syria. They included the AT-14 Kornet missile, with a range of 5.5 kilometers.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/06/front2454046.072222222.html
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