USN Should Heed Israel’s Bitter Lesson


INS Hanit damage (Images from Militaryphotos.net)

From War Is Boring:

On July 14, 2006, Hezbollah fighters fired two anti-ship missiles at the Israeli Navy’s INS Hanit, a Sa’ar V-class corvette, while Hanit was patrolling 10 miles off the Lebanese coast in support of air and ground operations targeting the Shi’ite armed group. The first of the missiles — reportedly an Iranian-made C-802 — missed Hanit and struck an Egyptian freighter 37 miles out to sea. The second missile, this one possibly a smaller, electro-optically guided C-701, exploded over Hanit’s flight deck, killing four sailors and setting the 1,200-ton vessel on fire. (Damage pictured.)

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My Comment: This may have been a wake up call to the Israeli Navy, it has also served to be a wake up call to the U.S. Navy. Read the whole thing.

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