Behind the Scene in Lebanon or Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money.

 "According to the sources, Tehran will supply Hizbullah with Russian-produced SAMs,  including the Strela-2/2M  (SA-7 'Grail'),                             Strela-3 (SA-14 'Gremlin') and Igla-1E (SA-16 'Gimlet') man-portable SAM systems."

"Iran launched a mass production line for an advanced variant, the Mithaq-2 - believed to be a short-range passive infra-red SAM - on 6 February. Both variants, believed to be based on Chinese technology, are understood to have been made available for Hizbullah."

Remember the Israeli helicopter that was shot down last week?

http://www.janes.com/regional_news/africa_middle_east/news/jdw/jdw060807_1_n.shtml

According to "Time" magazine this week, 5,000lbs, lazer- guided bombs are inroute to Israel from America right now.

The GBU-28 is a 5,000-pound laser-guided conventional munition that uses a 4,400-pound penetrating warhead. These are BIG bunker-busters.             In 1997 the U.S. paid 18.7 million dollars for just under 161 of these weapons.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/gbu-28.htm

 

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