{"id":7481,"date":"2024-04-14T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=7481"},"modified":"2024-04-14T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:50:44","slug":"iranian-drone-attacks-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=7481","title":{"rendered":"IRANIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last night Iran launched a sustained drone missile attack on Israel. At this hour, reliable information is scarce but it would seem that most of the drones have been neutralised by the Israeli Air Force with the help of RAF jets based in Cyprus and those of the USN and USAF in the region. Apparently, the Iron Dome proved its worth once again. Below are a few photos I was fortunate to take a few years ago at the annual Israeli Air Force graduation ceremony in the Negev Desert near biblical Beer Sheva.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IRAELI F-35 FLIES OVER THE NEGEV DESERT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IRON DOME BATTERY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jointly developed by Israel and the US, the Iron Dome is perhaps the world’s most sophisticated defensive missile system for the take down of incoming missiles and rockets. It has no offensive capability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ISRAELI AIR FORCE GRADUATION CEREMONY, HATZERIM AIR BASE, NEGEV DESERT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hats off (quite literally!) to the Israeli Air Force for a job well done!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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