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Elite Iranian troops helped Hezbollah fire a sophisticated radar-guided missile at an Israeli warship in a surprise blow by militants who had been using only low-tech weapons, Israeli officials said Saturday. Israel initially believed that an aerial drone armed with explosives hit the warship, but it became clear that Hezbollah had used an Iranian-made C-802 missile to strike the vessel late Friday, an Israeli intelligence official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information. Tehran did not respond to the charge, which was not mentioned in Iranian media reports Saturday. One Israeli sailor was killed and three were missing after the attack. The ship was returning to its home port in Israel, the army said. About 100 fighters from Iran's Revolutionary Guard helped import, equip and fire the missile at the Spear, a missile ship cruising off the coast of Lebanon, which is under an Israeli naval blockade, Israeli officials said. Hezbollah was founded by the Revolutionary Guard during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The Islamic republic's elite corps of more than 200,000 fighters is independent of the regular armed forces and directly controlled by Iran's supreme leader. "We can confirm that it (the ship) was hit by an Iranian-made missile launched by Hezbollah. We see this as a very profound fingerprint of Iranian involvement in Hezbollah," Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan told The Associated Press. The Shiite militant group had been firing only highly inaccurate Katyusha rockets at Israeli targets. Israel appeared surprised that the guerrilla group had more high-tech weapons. Israeli officials speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information said that Hezbollah also has Iranian-made drones that are more accurate than missiles, as well as longer-range projectiles that could hit Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial hub. An Israeli military official said the Spear's missile detection and deflection system was not on during the attack, apparently because the sailors did not anticipate such an attack. The military official said the ship is one of the most technologically advanced in the Israeli fleet, boasting an array of high-tech missiles and a system for electronically jamming incoming missiles and other threats. Nehushtan said another Hezbollah radar-guided anti-ship missile hit and sank a nearby Cambodian merchant ship around the time the Spear was struck. Twelve Egyptian sailors were pulled from the water by passing ships, Brig. Gen. Noam Fieg said. Nehushtan said the body of one of the four Israeli soldiers missing in the attack was found on the damaged warship. Other Israeli military officials said two bodies had been found. Israel launched an offensive after Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the Israel-Lebanon border on Wednesday and captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel has bombarded Lebanon's airport and main roads in the most intensive offensive against the country in 24 years, while Hezbollah has launched hundreds of rockets into Israel.


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Canmoore

The C-802 missle is a Chinese built missle, sold to Iran, then either sold or given to Hesbullah.

C-802

Current information seems to indicate that this was the missile used in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis when Hezbollah fired two at the Israeli warship INS Hanit.[4] One of the missiles hit the intended target, causing a fire and the deaths of four Israeli servicemen.[5] The other missile hit an Egyptian merchant ship causing heavy damage, it is reported that all the crew survived

Bluesman

'Destroyed' an Israeli warship, huh? 'Elite Iranian troops', huh?

You pick this article out of the 'Fiction' section of the Weekly Wild-Ass Guesser?

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More like FoxNews. I love it when people act like these 'Rogue' states pose any real threat to a serious Military-Industrial power. Sure they can kill a few people if they feel like dying, and die the shall if Iran seriously strikes at nuclear weapons toting nations like the USA and Israel. Something tells me the Ayatollahs dont particularly feel like becoming shadows burned into the pavement.

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Bluesman

You love it, do you? What do you suppose is meant by the word 'threat'? Does it only mean that the rogue state that amuses you so much can utterly destroy the serious military-industrial Power? Or can it mean that they can kill a few - sometimes many more than a few - people? Are these acts to tolerated, as long they pose no existential threat to the nation as a whole?

'Threat' means ANYthing that can kill ANY of your citizens, from one all the way up to 'all of 'em'.

Also, I think you mis-read the ayatollahs. Something tells ME they wouldn't mind all that much becoming shadows burned into the pavement. They do not think like we do; keep that in mind when you try to predict what they'll do next.

Officer of Engineers

MSgt, they're the ones who cried uncle when Saddam started farting in their faces.

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