BobW --- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Robert Wrubel:
>
> Xymphora has a recent post on the "raid" which
> argues
> that the purpose of it was to test the newly
> acquired Russian Pantsyr S-1E air defense missiles,
> specifically, to see whether Israel's sophisticated
> jamming systems worked against them. They did.
>
> Xymphora also notes:
>
> "Of course, missile defense is always bullshit – it
> never really works, but is just intended to provide
> civilian reassurance long enough to get the war
> started, when the usual jingoism can kick in."
>
> .......................
>
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> Dennis R. has ably deconstructed this so I won't
> needlessly blather on about what he already covered.
>
>
>
> I did however want to spend a moment or two looking
> more closely at Debka File, the origin of Xymphora's
> post.
>
> All of the stories boasting of Isreali jamming
> success
> over the Pantsyr appear to come from Debka. A
> simple
> Google search using "israeli jamming + russian
> pantsyr
> s-1 e" as the criteria, returns several pages, all
> ultimately linking back to Debka:
>
>
> Google Search results -
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2bo6qp
>
>
> Of course, no weapon system is flawless; for nearly
> every measure there's a countermeasure. It's
> certainly
> possible the IAF has found a method to neutralize
> the
> Pantsyr. Still, when you consider the source - a
> well
> known propaganda outlet and OMG! The sky is falling
> if
> Israel doesn't get its way forever! war-mongering
> rag
> - it's reasonable to doubt you're receiving
> crap-free
> info.
>
>
> In fact, I'd wager the rah rah tone of the Debka
> source article (which, among other
> hyperventilations,
> praises the "daring and skill" of the IAF pilots as
> if
> they were dog fighting in 1967) and celebration of
> supposed IAF innovations in jamming tech are a
> calculated bit of propaganda, crafted to convince
> Tel
> Aviv's foes and her patron in Washington that Israel
> still has the joystick and technological right stuff
> to get the job done.
>
>
> Re: Xymphora's assertion that "missile defense is
> always bullshit"...
>
>
> Anti missile missile defense, such as the U.S.'s
> optimistically named "missile defense shield" - is
> almost entirely bullshit. Anti aircraft missiles
> such
> as the Pantsyr - are another thing altogether. As
> you
> no doubt know, an entire field of missile defense -
> i.e., defending aircraft from missiles - has
> developed
> over the decades to deal with this very effective
> technology.
>
>
>
>
>
> .d.
>
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