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How hard is it to pilot a UAV into a ship during daylight that is most likely not at its top cruising speed?
But that is history, and is not the topic of discussion here. From what it looks like, the radar should have picked up the drone, but I don't see no small gun mount, like a Oerlikon autocannon or even a machine gun mount. I see that the specs state that the CIWS and the 3" gun are interchangeable, and cannot be carried at the same time. Perhaps the Israelis are now rethinking the problem (lack of a close in defense system when the 3" gun is fitted) this attack has shown
Two missiles were launched at the Ahi Hanit one was aimed for a strike amidships with a top down attack.The missile missed and exploded in the water. The second was rigged to skim the water and hit the helicopter deck.The explosion caused the ship to begin to burn the crew is credited with heroic damage control efforts which kept the ship from sinking.
tomahawk6 said:Two missiles were launched at the Ahi Hanit one was aimed for a strike amidships with a top down attack.The missile missed and exploded in the water. The second was rigged to skim the water and hit the helicopter deck.The explosion caused the ship to begin to burn the crew is credited with heroic damage control efforts which kept the ship from sinking.
I think the weapon is misnamed. The 802 is an upgraded 801 which is an exocet copy with a turbojet. If a silkworm had hit the corvette it would have sunk.
CanadaPhil said:Was that the ship that was in fact struck??
It has an odd cofiguration with a phalanx close in system on the bow and a large 76mm Oto Melara cannon (as on our destroyers) on the stern. The stern cannon was the weapon being used to bombard the Hezbollah positions.
designed based on lessons learnt from the Sa'ar 4.5 class ships.
Infidel-6 said:Current buzz is that it was a Iranian Revolutionary Gurad unit using the missles...
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SeaKingTacco said:Very interesting... can you point me to a URL to do some reading of my own? A top attack missile is not something one whips up in their basement. If this is true, some government is directly arming Hezbollah...again in my semi educated humble opinion only...
Infidel-6 said:Current buzz is that it was a Iranian Revolutionary Gurad unit using the missles...
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