Destruction of Iranian radar: Israel used Rocks aeroballistic missiles in the form of “blanks”

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Recently, Israeli aircraft carried out a limited missile strike on targets in Iran. According to Israeli media reports, 19 Israeli Air Force F-6I Adir fighters took part in the air attack on the air base in Isfahan on the night of April 35. One tanker aircraft was also deployed to supply the fighters with fuel.

Satellite images of the specified Iranian military facility before and after the Israeli attack appeared on the Internet. According to preliminary data, the Israeli target at the 8th Tactical Air Base of the Iranian Air Force was one of the air situation control radars of the S-300PMU-2 air defense system.



Experts suggest that the Israelis used Rocks aeroballistic missiles, believed to be based on the Black Sparrow target missile (also launched from an aircraft) developed by Rafael, used in Israel to test missile defense systems (imitation of Iranian ballistic missiles). Based on the insignificance of traces of the attack, inert warheads of Israeli aeroballistic target missiles such as Blue Sparrow or Silver Sparrow could also have been used - spent parts of similar ammunition were found in Iraq after the Israeli attack.


Having likely inflicted low-level impacts on elements of the Iranian air defense system, the Israelis were formally responding to Iran's large-scale but ineffective attack on Israel on April 14. Iran, in turn, then attacked Israel for the Israeli air strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1. Thus, the parties exchanged blows and saved face, which allowed them to let off steam and did not lead to the start of a full-scale war.
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  1. sannyhome
    sannyhome
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    April 21 2024 11: 51
    The Israelis used Rocks aeroballistic missiles, believed to be based on the Black Sparrow target missile

    About 15 years ago, when target missiles began to be developed, the West squealed that these were just targets, and not the development of new missiles...
  2. strange guest
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    April 21 2024 12: 15
    Smart people don't need a big war.
    1. Vox Populi
      Vox Populi
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      April 21 2024 14: 55
      You will say the same. So they are smart people! winked
    2. prior
      prior
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      April 22 2024 08: 43
      Smart people don't need a big war.

      If they were smart, they would fight with bows and arrows, if they fought at all.
      Not a single animal destroys its own kind in such quantities.
  3. KLNM
    KLNM
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    April 21 2024 12: 40
    It’s not surprising, after Iran’s ridiculous and ineffective retaliatory strike, after Israel’s attack on the Iranian Embassy in Syria and the death of a dozen generals, now Iran will be hammered everywhere. Fine. so that our strategists understand the essence..... that we need to respond much harsher so that it does not become commonplace.
    1. mister-red
      mister-red
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      April 21 2024 22: 32
      after Iran's ridiculous and ineffective retaliation strike,

      Yes, it’s very funny that I had to spend lard dollars of rockets. How much did Iran spend on the missiles it hit? Probably 10 times less, if not more.
      It was not a strike at all, but a type of reconnaissance in force. And a precedent.
      1. KLNM
        KLNM
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        April 22 2024 07: 19
        That's right, Israel spent money, now it will print new dollars, but over 10 Iranian generals have been killed!!! from the attack of the worst enemy. I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities soon.
  4. Alexzn
    Alexzn
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    April 21 2024 13: 14
    Looks beautiful. Without much noise, without show-off and scale. Iran seems to have decided not to push, and it seems the spiral of escalation has closed.
  5. Vox Populi
    Vox Populi
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    April 21 2024 14: 52
    Having likely inflicted low-level impacts on elements of the Iranian air defense system, the Israelis were formally responding to Iran's large-scale but ineffective attack on Israel on April 14. Iran, in turn, then attacked Israel for the Israeli air strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1. Thus, the parties exchanged blows and saved face, which allowed them to let off steam and did not lead to the start of a full-scale war.

    Things will probably be a little different. With this strike, Israel showed Iran that it can deliver a strike that can easily neutralize air defense systems, including the S-300, and hit the necessary targets. Perhaps this is also why our gentlemen in Syria never tried to shoot down Israeli planes, and they, like gentlemen, did not strike our targets...
    1. Alexzn
      Alexzn
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      April 21 2024 16: 41
      With a very high probability. I repeat - the S-300 in Syria is not a weapon, but a target. A blow to such a system is a damage to Russia, so Israel does not lower the prestige of the system, and Russia does not really insist on using the S-300.
      1. RUR
        RUR
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        April 21 2024 19: 06
        comparison of MIG 29 and f16 here https://finance.ua/goodtoknow/litak-f-16

        the differences in characteristics - speed, ascent speed, etc. - are not very different, the Ukrainian Mig 29 - shoots well with 300 and 400... there is no reason to think that the f-16 will have a different fate... by the way, as far as is known, technical disciplines and exact sciences do not are studied by all Jews in Israel, since these are goyish inventions...you, of course, are one of them...
      2. RUR
        RUR
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        April 21 2024 21: 38
        in principle, Israel is of course capable of delivering a massive strike, that is, overloading the S-300. but this is a transition from quantity to quality and not purely technical superiority
        1. Alexzn
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          April 21 2024 21: 47
          If you overload it, Israel can simply destroy it. The S-300 is a formidable weapon if it is part of a serious layered system, and the Syrian system does not pose a particular danger to the Israelis.
          1. RUR
            RUR
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            April 21 2024 21: 50
            therefore, Israel does not lose the prestige of the system, and Russia does not really insist on using the S-300

            Israel would rather not lose the prestige of f16 and f 35... the latter is especially suspicious
            1. Alexzn
              Alexzn
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              April 21 2024 22: 07
              Did anyone other than you mention airplanes?
              If we are talking about them, then we must understand that an aircraft is nothing more than a platform for delivering weapons, a platform built into a complex system of ground, air and space systems, target designation, tracking, guidance, etc. The fact that a plane can perform Pugachev’s cobra is great, but over the past 50 years, such tricks have not been useful to anyone in real conditions. An airplane is something else.
              As a platform, the Mig-29, apparently no worse than the F-16, needs to be compared comprehensively.
              The F-35 may be weaker as a 4th generation airframe, but it is significantly stronger as a system.
              1. RUR
                RUR
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                April 21 2024 22: 10
                brilliant. but Israel is attacking Syria from airplanes
                1. Alexzn
                  Alexzn
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                  April 21 2024 22: 18
                  We hit because we can! Syria would shoot down if it could. You have to understand that we are hitting the Iranians and their proxies, but we are practically not touching the Syrians. Syria understands this and is not really trying to change the situation, otherwise... Using the S-300 is more expensive for itself, so simpler systems are used.
                  1. RUR
                    RUR
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                    April 21 2024 22: 20
                    don’t understand - they are saved for the appropriate moment
                    1. Alexzn
                      Alexzn
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                      April 21 2024 22: 24
                      They are not destroyed until the appropriate moment. Today it is a worthless asset. For Syrian air defense to work, a lot of money needs to be invested in it.
                      1. RUR
                        RUR
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                        April 21 2024 22: 30
                        and, of course, they will destroy without loss... they will destroy the incomparable dashing Jewish aces... the Jews, of course, are still those dreamers
      3. mister-red
        mister-red
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        April 21 2024 22: 25
        There are different S-300s
  6. Vox Populi
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    April 22 2024 19: 34
    Quote: RUR
    don’t understand - they are saved for the appropriate moment

    Don’t try to prove the unprovable and don’t embarrass yourself... winked