Israeli attck on Syrian facilities

silverharp

I was listening to a report that was saying that the Israeli airforce had access to Hi tech US equipment which allowed them to get past or jam the local (russian supplied) air defenses when they attacked the Syrian nuclear facilty recently. Apparently Russia nad Iran have their knickers in a twist over this for obvious reaosns. Anything to this or is speculation cheap?

biko

Well, it was reported on several credded websites so I'd assume that some sort of attack took place. Whether it was nuclear or not remains to be seen.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3695754&page=1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092002701.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2461421.ece

OS119

actually i wouldn't be surprised if it was Israeli kit that did the jamming, their stuff is in very high demand - lots of european AF 's use it and the Indians have an entirely Israeli avionics suite in their SU-31MKI's.

the Russians are understandably upset, for the 418th time their very expensive AD exports have been proved to be of fcuk all use to man nor beast against Western Systems.

speculation rages as to the target, could be nuclear, could be arms trafficing to Lebannon.

Flying

I have heard it said that they came through Turkey (The IAF) weither it is true or not I dunno but Israel have an overflight agreement with them and Turkey and Syria are not exactly bossom buddies.

IRISH RAIL

the dogs in the negev know it was a syrian chemical plant, might not have been producing anything nasty. but it sure sent a shiver down the Iranians necks "remember osirak mr amajinidad" ps I know I spelt his name wrong but thats what you get with a long name like that.

Captain Chaos

OS119 wrote:

actually i wouldn't be surprised if it was Israeli kit that did the jamming, their stuff is in very high demand - lots of european AF 's use it and the Indians have an entirely Israeli avionics suite in their SU-31MKI's.

The Indian Air Force Su-30MKI's actually have a mixture of French, Russian and Israeli avionics.

But yes Israeli avionics systems are very good. They were the first to order large spine F-16s from the US, this was with the early C/D Block 30s all the way up to the Block 52+ I's. They then filled this extra space in the spine with classified ECM and jamming gear.

Sure just look at their Rafael Python 4 and 5 dogfight missiles and Litening II and III targeting pods.

lostexpectation

so what is it on the planes that done it some sort of microwave transmitter? is there israeli guys sitting in base somewhere sending their hacks via the planes to the syrian radar

silverharp

Israeli air strike was on Syrian nuke reactor-NYT
13 Oct 2007 20:35:26 GMT
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Israel's air strike inside Syria last month was directed at a site judged by Israeli and U.S. intelligence analysts to be a partly constructed nuclear reactor, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
Citing U.S. and foreign officials who had access to the analysts' intelligence reports, all who spoke under condition of anonymity, the Times said the reactor was apparently modeled on one in North Korea used for stockpiling nuclear weapons fuel.
The targeted Syrian facility appeared to have been much further from completion than an Iraqi reactor the Israelis destroyed in 1981 in an attack the Sept. 6 incident echoed, according to the Times, again citing U.S. and foreign officials. It also said Bush administration officials had been divided over the attack, with some seeing it as premature.
Some officials said the facility was years away from being used to produce spent nuclear fuel that could eventually be used for weapons-grade plutonium. The internal Bush administration debate over a possible Israeli attack on the reactor began last summer, the Times said.
It remained unclear how far Syria had gotten with the plant before the attack, what role North Korea might have played and whether a case could be made it was intended to produce electricity, the newspaper said.
U.S. and foreign officials refused to be drawn out on whether they suspected North Korea of having sold or given the plans to Syria, but some officials said it was possible a transfer of technology occurred several years ago.
Israel confirmed earlier this month it had carried out an air strike on Syria, but the two countries have given little information on the target.
Information on the raid has been under under tight wraps in both Washington and Israel, the newspaper said, restricted to a handful of officials, and Israeli media have been barred from publishing information about it.
But a senior Israeli official said the attack was meant to "re-establish the credibility of our deterrent power," the Times said. Several U.S. officials told the paper the strike may also have been intended for the attention of Iran and its nuclear program.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto declined to comment on the Times story. Israel also refused to comment, the Times said.
U.S. officials said the partially constructed Syrian reactor was identified earlier this year in satellite photographs. Those officials also suggested Israel brought the facility to U.S. attention.
The newspaper also reported that Vice President Dick Cheney and other hawkish members of the administration contended that the same intelligence that prompted Israel's attack on the reactor strengthened the case for U.S. reconsideration of negotiations with North Korea over ending its nuclear program, as well as Washington's diplomatic posture with Syria.