Hezbollah’s optical missile, a weapon that changes equations
| Lebanon's Hezbollah for the first time released a video of an optical (television) missile firing at an Israeli army position and hitting the target accurately. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Thursday released a video of the destruction of a radar system in the “Jal al-Alam” area using an optically guided missile and attracted the attention of various circles. Kurd.
In this video, we see that the missile dives towards the target in a curved form (top attack) and points. In optical missiles, a camera is located on the nose of the missile, and by pressing the corresponding switch, the camera cover is removed and the camera starts imaging its environment, this camera can be visible light or infrared (for night operations).
According to the published video, the missile hit a radar system that was behind a concrete wall and was safe from direct view. He was in charge of the southern front of Lebanon and could observe the Lebanese soil up to tens of kilometers deep.
But what is the significance of these missiles entering the battlefield between Hezbollah and Israel after more than three months of the Gaza war, and what is the effect How will it affect the course of the war? Hezbollah said in its announcement that it has officially entered the war equation with Israel.
Before this, Hezbollah had managed to destroy most of the occupying army’s radar systems near the Lebanese border, but The radar that was destroyed on Thursday could not be targeted by conventional missiles, because it was located on top of a high hill and a 9-meter concrete wall was built in front of it.
The camera installed in the Russian Kha-29 optical missile
Curve Missiles
Curve Missiles are from the family of anti-armor and anti-fortification guided missiles such as Cornet, TOW, etc., but mainly in terms of type The path they take to reach the target distinguishes them.
Cornet missiles, which have been used many times by Hezbollah in the past months, take a direct path to the target. This issue requires the shooter to aim in a direct position and be able to have the target in his crosshairs, but in curved missiles, targets can be destroyed in an indirect path without encountering enemy forces, which is a problem. In addition to accurately hitting the target, the operator also protects the missile from being targeted by the enemy. is high, so straight missiles fired from the front will hit the armor and cannot cause maximum damage, but curved missiles can hit that part of the equipment where weaker fortifications are embedded.
In the case of tanks and armored vehicles, this principle is clearly evident, as the various types of tanks in the world rely on primary front and side armor and secondary armor on the bottom and rear, with the thinnest armor on top. because they are rarely hit from above.
But with the expansion of the use of drones, the countries involved in the war, especially Russia and Ukraine, quickly installed an iron umbrella on Their tanks did so that the drones hit the iron shelf and caused minimal damage to the tank; The Israeli army hastily equipped some of its tanks with iron umbrellas after the Al-Aqsa storm operation.
Israeli army tank in Gaza, equipped with an iron rack
However, these racks have limited effectiveness against suicide drones and cruise missiles, especially since the head These missiles have high power and reach up to 10 kg.
Another point is that these missiles fly at a very low height of tens of meters and according to the operator’s guidance, they move towards the target in a maneuver manner. They also do not require large launch pads, runways or open areas and therefore cannot be detected by radars designed for aircraft, in addition, due to the low flight altitude of the missile, the Iron Dome system is also unable to hunt it.
Hezbollah is enough to contain Israel The Iron Dome and Air Defense platforms of the Israeli army have been targeted by attacks near Kaferblom town. Maroon air control in Jabal al-Marq, located in the north of occupied Palestine, targeted with a large number of suitable missiles and the missiles hit the targets. Saleh al-Arouri’s Hamas had crushed Maroon air base with 62 rockets and turned the fear of “full-scale war with Lebanon” into the main focus of Israeli media reports. In the high importance of this base, it is enough that with the destruction of Meron base facilities, one of the two main air control bases of the Israeli army in occupied Palestine lost its effectiveness for a while. The unique hit of rockets on this top-secret base was reported by Israeli media circles for a long time.
Looking at the course of Hezbollah’s entry into the war with Israel, we realize that in the first days, Hezbollah only used short-range rockets to hit the Israeli army’s telecommunication masts, which, of course, was able to blind an important part of the Zionists’ intelligence in southern Lebanon. After that, Hizbollah gradually developed its capabilities, and now that 110 days have passed since the war in Gaza, it has used an optical missile, which is a big surprise for the invaders.
In this situation, Hezbollah plays a psychological game for Israel and does not reveal all its assets at once, which can be a deterrent. According to Seyed Hassan Nasrallah’s words on January 15, Hezbollah’s goal is not to enter into a full-scale war, but The reduction of pressure on the Gaza front has been able to achieve this goal well. Nasrallah said that “we are witnessing the humiliation of the occupiers on the southern borders of Lebanon”.
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