Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq were heading to Israel

[currenzcraze]

Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq were heading to Israel
By ANNA AHRONHEIM   Published: MARCH 21, 2022 10:45
Updated: MARCH 21, 2022 12:55

Drone displayed in Army Day parade in Iran, April 18, 2021
(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/MEHR NEWS)
The Shahed-136 drones were intercepted by the international coalition near Erbil in February.

         
Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq last month by American fighter jets were set to explode in Israeli territory, the defense establishment has confirmed.
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The drones, which were downed by the international coalition close to Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, were said to be Shahed-136. 
Prior to the foiled attack, which occurred on February 14, Israeli security officials had been on high alert over fears of an Iranian response to a series of Israeli attacks on Iranian targets as part of the IDF’s war-between-wars campaign.
Last week Hezbollah affiliated al-Mayadeen reported that earlier in February Israel destroyed hundreds of Iranian drones in a strike that targeted the Kermanshah airbase. In response to that attack, Iran fired 12 ballistic missiles towards Erbil targeting what they claimed to be an Israeli military base.
The confirmation of the reports comes a month after the Israeli Air Force announced that two Iranian Shahed 197 drones heading towards Israeli were downed by Israeli Air Force F-35i fighter jets last year. 
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AN F-35 seen during an aerial display at an IAF pilots’ graduation ceremony at Hatzerim air base in the Negev. Stealth fighter aircraft of this type were involved in the downing of the Iranian UAVs. (credit: AHARON KROHN/FLASH90)
One drone, flying towards Israel from the south was identified at around 1.44 AM and was shot down at 2.19 AM. The second one, which was flying towards Israel from the East was identified at 1.46 AM and downed at 2.16 AM. 
The F-35is were part of the 140th Golden Eagle Squadron and 116th Lions of the South Squadron.
Though the IDF was unable to say where exactly the drones were launched from, “the UAVs were detected and tracked throughout their flight by ground control units.” The pieces of the UAVs were collected and documented by a regional country and shared with the IDF.
“The interception of the UAVs was carried out prior to them entering Israeli airspace, in coordination with neighboring countries,” the military said, without naming the countries due to security concerns.
The drones, that were ferrying weapons to Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip, were downed in March 2021 by missiles fired by the stealth jets, making it the first time that the aircraft downed unmanned aerial systems (UAS) anywhere in the world. 
Israeli officials estimate that Iran was attempting to test whether military equipment could be smuggled to Gaza via drone and if successful if more significant weapons could be smuggled in a similar way in the future.
Iran has been launching drones and other unmanned aerial systems to Israel since 2018 and the increase of attempts by Tehran has placed the threats posed by such systems in the top five threats facing the Israel Air Force. 
The IAF, which is considered the strongest air force in the Middle East, has admitted that identifying and intercepting hostile drones-be it drones belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza or Iranian drones- is challenging.
The drones are small, fly fast and low to the ground, making it hard for Israeli radar to detect them.

[Markinsa]

4 hours ago, currenzcraze said:

Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq were heading to Israel
By ANNA AHRONHEIM   Published: MARCH 21, 2022 10:45

 

Please provide the links to the articles you post.

[bkeiller]

This article appears to be posted on some Israeli sites as well as alaraby:

 

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/us-shot-down-iranian-drones-heading-towards-israel-report

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-701888

 

Can't believe that Ba'heid Biden would even consider taking the IRGC off of the list of terrorist organizations.

Ba = ball

heid = head

 

Ba'heid: Likely, filled with air only?

[currenzcraze]

6 hours ago, Markinsa said:

 

Please provide the links to the articles you post.

Sorry, I thought the link copied also.  Here you go!  https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-701888

[Fairways&Greens]

Iran is obviously trying to stir things up in hope of starting WWIII over there. There are a few other nations that want the same thing—China is content to sit back until everyone else is involved so they can waltz into Taiwan without resistance from the free world. 
 

I am flabbergasted at why Biden is so intent on resurrecting a worse version of Barack Husain Obama’s deal with Iran.