Comments on: What Actually Happened in the Syrian Desert?

By: Jeff Benton

Jeff Benton — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:58:26 +0000

Could the Israeli Air Force similarly avoid detection by the Saudi Arabian air defenses?

By: Doz

Doz — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:14:23 +0000

Debka’s full of crap. The UAE was the first customer of the Pantsyr-S1E, and delivery for them hasn’t even taken place, yet we’re expected to believe that Syria and Iran both already have these systems in place? These are basic facts, for god’s sake. *The system hasn’t even finished trials*.

By: jeffers_mz

jeffers_mz — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:57:40 +0000

Netanyahu’s assistant claims that when the full story leaks out, it will “stun the world”.
1. What would it take to stun you?
2. Define (estimate) the range of possibilities Israel might describe as “stunning”.
The center of my estimated bellcurve sits close to “assembled, untested, high energy device”.

By: Tony Yates

Tony Yates — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:02:51 +0000

BRAVO! This shows Syria’s and Tehran’s vunerability and the U.S. / Israeli ECM capability.
Molon Labe

By: Group W

Group W — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:13:42 +0000

Some have wondered why the Syrian Air Defense System did not detect the Israeli F15 & F16 aircraft. Occam’s razor says the strike was by American B2 bombers. You heard it here first!

By: j house

j house — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:37:47 +0000

Obviously, Syria would have launched a formal diplomatic protest or would have allowed press access if the Israeli action caused damage to facilities or material the Syrians wouldn’t have cared to expose.Intelligence isn’t courtroom evidence, nor will it ever be.
If these were materials that would augment a nuclear capability, Israel had determined Syria crossed a line and destroyed it.Certainly, the US was notified before the strike, or, provided additional intel in support of the raid.
Not sure how that figures into anti-Arab bigotry, mentioned by the previous poster.
Nations have a legitimate right to their self-defense and if Syria is developing a nuclear capability, Israel will act. Why is that suprising? If Syria or the rest of the Arab world had the capability at any time in Israel’s history, they themselves would have stopped Israel from obtaining the thermonuclear advantage.
Does anyone believe the IAEA will investigate what the Syrians and N Koreans were up to?

By: blake

blake — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:54:43 +0000

At best: the story that was leaked is probably true. Worst: it was a good old fashioned capability check that provided very useful information that one could consider bad PR for future sales to other middle-east customers who may or may not have the TOR M1/Pantsir/S300 or whatever system in place to counter perceived advisary air dominance. You would only want to put good air defense systems around things that have some target value.

By: pjk

pjk — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:20:28 +0000

super interesting. just speculating here, but the fact that Syria isn’t saying much after they just got BOMBED BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY probably means something… like, for example, they had something more exotic than cement in that nork ship.
oh, and for god’s sake don’t go around quoting the UK Times. that paper literally makes stuff up, probably just to start internet buzz.

By: txzen

txzen — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:16:24 +0000

So if the Israelis or the US show the evidence that Spec Ops took nuclear material with North KOrean Markers in it from syria then that is what you want? Maybe they will, hopefully if they have it they will share it so they take some pressure off themeslves but that means they have to admit to running troops and jets through syria and spying and all that, syria and israel are a state of war but perception matters

By: Mason

Mason — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:49:16 +0000

Evidence doesn’t matter to anybody here, just Anti-Arab bigotry.