The above image is from Marvel Wiki.
The comic put forward the idea that the Advanced Idea Mechanics organization (AIM) was a criminal group made up of scientist whose goal was to dominate the world and rebuild it according to their desires.
Moving past fantasy and fast forwarding to today the question has to be asked.
What happens when a terrorist group acquires nation state weapons and is able to conduct unrestricted warfare on the high seas?
Check this out from the Jerusalem Post.
The Israel Navy assumes that Hezbollah has gotten hold of advanced Russian- made Yakhont antiship missiles, a senior navy source said on Tuesday.Hezbollah has the Yakhont. Otherwise known as the P-800. Consider it the daddy of the Russian/Indian Brahmos anti-ship missile.
The source added that the Lebanese terrorist organization is making constant efforts to get hold of advanced weapons.
Any ship operating in the Mediterranean sea, Red sea, or Persian Gulf or even Indian ocean could be a potential target of well laid ambush.
Thats civilian and military shipping.
Want to shock the oil markets? Hezbollah sinks a couple of oil tankers.
Want to send a message to the great or lesser satans? A US Amphib or the British Queen Elizabeth carrier would make juicy targets.
Shit just got beyond real. If the Israelis are right then Hezbollah is a bigger threat than most small nation states.
Sometimes you just need a one person with a gun in the right time and space. In that case, a big fraking anti ship missile.
ReplyDeleteMany planners are treating Hezbollah as an “Iranian Foreign Legion” based in Lebanon or as a semi-autonomous governmental group. It has all the trappings of a government, minus a passport, stamps and currency, but with power sharing in Lebanon, if can forego those item and concentrate on its core mission. It will be treated as such by parts of the USG. http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/08spring/proctor.pdf
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ReplyDeleteYou might find these interesting for this morning’s toilet reading time:
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http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1028
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1090
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Solomon, i gotta admit i find some interesting info and post on you blog.. but cmon sometimes you get overhyped ( no offense ) .
ReplyDeleteHezbollah operating a comlex anti ship missile system, well its not like RPGs and MANPADs.
Even if they have it all they can do is one or a salvo shot of missiles without over the horizon target data ( or any kind of target data ) except relying on binoculars , because once they start emitting guess what happens.
So if they try to pull a stunt with this missiles its gonna be a one off.. not like putting unguided rockets on a rail .
Not to mention that the launcher unit is a big vehicle itself.
They've used anti-ship missiles before. This is certainly a realistic possibility: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/russian-yakhont-missiles-in-hezbollahs-hands/
ReplyDeleteThis should give you a fuller picture of what's going on in that region: http://militaryedge.org/
Hezbollah fired off a Yakhont a few years ago. Target was an Israeli corvette, Sa'ar 3 (if I remembered correctly).
ReplyDeleteThe missile hit the crane arm but (severely) damaged the vessel. How the vessel managed to stay afloat is a big mystery.
No telemetry guidance required. Range and bearing was provided by the Lebanese radar which the Israeli left un-touched.
I believe you have mistaken the type of missile they have fired at the Saar corvette.
ReplyDeleteMost sources point to a 'Styx' Chinese derivate with a heat seeker guidance, its basically 60ties technology.
The Yakhont battery is far more complex and requires more trained personnel to function.