Hezbollah
has obtained a complete aerial array from Iran, including an attack
aircraft and several unmanned aerial vehicles, Channel 10 quoted the
Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa on Saturday.
According to sources
close to the Hezbollah military leadership, Hezbollah has at least three
different kinds of UAVs and an Iranian aircraft that could reach long
distances and attack specific targets on the ground.
Iran Hezbollah – AP – Oct 14, 2010
Hezbollah
leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, left, at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday,
Oct. 14, 2010.
The sources say that these are the “surprises”
that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised his organization would
use in any future conflict with Israel.
Iran’s Revolutionary
Guard is responsible for the transfer of the aircraft to Hezbollah,
sources say, and dozens of Iranian experts were allegedly sent to
Lebanon to aid Hezbollah in building the aerial array and to train
militants.
According to the report, Tehran allocated a very high budget for the project.
Western
sources responded to the report, saying that they fear the aircraft
could be an “important card” in a possible future conflict between
Israel and Hezbollah.
