Air Hezbollah: Redux!

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7464397 /

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Hezbollah flies spy drone over Israel
Israeli military confirms incident

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:01 p.m. ET April 11, 2005

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah flew a spy drone over northern Israel on Monday, and the unmanned flight returned safely, the group said.

The flight was confirmed by the Lebanese government and the Israeli military.

Hezbollah said in a broadcast over its Al-Manar Television channel that “a Mirsad drone of the Islamic Resistance flew over settlements in the northern part of occupied Palestine and later returned safely.”
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I/Pers. PLEASE PARDON THE GRAPHIC SIG LINE. IT WAS A SPECIAL DISPENSATION. IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

of comparable UAVs. http://www.armscontrol.ru/UAV/mirsad1.htm The closest "comparable" is reported to be an Iranian Aircraft Manufacturing Industries "Ababil" UAV - which is described at http://www.hesaco.com/ababil/index.htm (this is a dead link).

The Russian article reports a previous entry into Israeli air space in November 2004.

The article has a link to Threat of Terrorism Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Technical Aspects by Eugene Miasnikov http://www.armscontrol.ru/UAV/report.htm which has a lot of good links.