Israeli Shot-Down Drone Sea Launched?
Sea-launched Ababil UAV Much speculation has occured regarding the mystery UAV the Israeli Air Force shot down over the Negev Desert last Saturday. A number of interesting theories have been proposed, including those connecting the drone with naval activity: The Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen channel reported Sunday that the drone originated in Lebanon and flew 100 km into Israeli airspace, however the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon did not detect any UAVs leaving Lebanese airspace. Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) has been bolstering its UAV force with Iranian built tactical UAVs, so it might be possible that an aircraft flew undetected through across the border. The Israelis confirmed the drone did not originate in Gaza and some sources to point to Lebanon. The problem is that the aircraft would have flown at least 200 km and LH probably doesn't possess any UAVs in the inventory capable of this range. Twi...