Identification, locking and launching: This is how the electorate overthrew the Iranian drones

In March 2021, a warning was received at night about two Iranian UAVs of the type 197 that were making their way from Iran to Israel. Less than half an hour later, the F-35 pilots shot down the aircraft for the first time in the world, far from the country's borders. The building commander announced, “A missile is in the air, there is an abortion.” Documentation

Amir Bohbot

07/03/2022

Monday, 07 March 2022, 17:00

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In the video: Documentation of the downing of two Iranian drones by the "mighty" planes (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Last year, an alert was received from the intelligence community about Iranian intentions to launch drones at Israel from the territory of the Islamic Republic. The IDF's detection systems raised the level of alertness in the face of the scenario.

In March 2021, two Shahad 197 drones were launched at night from Iran for a range of 3,000 km at a speed of 80-70 knots.

Iranian drone operators have chosen a detour taking into account radar sites to prevent detection, and to make detection difficult fly at an altitude of 400 meters.

Two pairs of F-35 (Mighty) fighter jets from Squadron 116 and Squadron 140, including an Eagle aircraft with command and control capabilities, were launched at Iranian UAVs as air crews crossed the airspace of at least another foreign country. The discovery of the first UAV was At 01:44 by radars, at 02:12 there was an initial discovery of the mighty plane, and at 02:17 it was identified as an enemy UAV, and about two minutes later an abortion was performed.

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Advanced technological means and two pistols.

Fragments of one of the UAVs (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Iranian UAV intercept in 2021 - IDF Spokesman (Photo: ShutterStock)

First interception of aircraft by the F-35.

A huge Air Force plane (Photo: Official website, IDF Spokesman)

Thus, in fact, the first abortion in the world of a UAV was carried out using a 35-F plane. (35 minutes from the moment of identification until the moment of the abortion away from the Israeli border). The discovery by the mighty plane, at 02:11 was identified as an enemy UAV, and at 02:16 was shot down by a 35-F aircraft (30 minutes). Later the UAV fragments were collected.

The IDF refused to specify who collected the drones from a foreign country and how they were transferred to Israel.

A study carried out around the UAV fragments identified very advanced technological means (navigation complex, command and control complex, and airborne computing AB), pistols that were probably intended for either Judea and Samaria or the Gaza Strip.

According to an assessment in the IDF, this was an experimental operation by a Quds Force designed to examine the IDF's detection and alert systems, level of alertness and infiltration routes.

In this case, the Iranians tried to use the "differentiation method" in which it implements drones from Iran and allegedly takes responsibility through terrorist organizations in other places such as Yemen or Iraq, but in addition to the IDF being able to collect the drones and investigate them by experts. In the technological arena of the Research Division of the Israel Defense Forces, it has been unequivocally proven that these are Iranian drones that were launched from Iran to smuggle weapons.

UAV interception by a "mighty" fighter jet in March 2021 (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Iran has a number of defense industries that produce drones based on an elusive American drone that fell in Iran in 2011. These drones are used for intelligence gathering, assault, mindfulness, and weapons smuggling missions. Iranian Quds Force distributes these drones to terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East.

The incident of the downing of the two Iranian drones launched from Iran towards Israel joins several additional defense operations of the Air Force in recent years, including in February 2018, when an Iranian drone was intercepted from Syria by a combat helicopter in the Beit She'an Valley.

In August 2019, the Air Force attacked a skimmer squad in Syrian territory in the Golan Heights.

In May 2021, during Operation Wall Guard, a UAV was shot down by electronic warfare to a fish pond in Israeli territory. Who opposed the disclosure of details of the downing of Iranian drones on March 21 for fear of exposing methods and collaborations that led to the thwarting of Iranian intent.

UAV interception by a "mighty" fighter jet in March 2021 (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

It is important to emphasize that about two weeks ago, the IDF failed to shoot down a Hezbollah UAV that managed to infiltrate Israeli airspace, activate the alarm systems and run civilians to protected areas, bounce off fighter jets and helicopters and launch unsuccessful Iron Dome interceptors.

The IDF later clarified that it was a very small aircraft that was very difficult to identify in real time, and an investigation revealed that tactical errors were made in the operation of the weapons and detection systems, as well as an error in activating the alarm to the public

. In Syria, but rejected any claim for a change in the system between the wars in the Syrian space against Iranian establishment and the smuggling of weapons.

Against the background of the growing threat in the IDF, the detection and warning systems for various aircraft infiltrations have intensified in the past year, and at the same time the various units in the Air Force, the Armed Forces and the IDF are being trained to deal with scenarios. Accordingly, there are still fears that in the coming days or weeks, attempts will be made to launch Iranian UAVs from various areas toward Israel.

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