Drone attacks are the weak point of the sophisticated and hyper-technological air defense systems on which Israel can count. This was confirmed by this morning’s raid in Caesarea, which according to Axios even hit the residence of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the first time since October 7th the direct target of an operation aimed at eliminating him. The drone, which left Lebanon with two other unmanned aircraft which were instead intercepted, did not cause any injuries as – according to the prime minister’s office – neither Netanyahu nor his wife were at home at the time of the raid. The attack against Netanyahu’s residence, the Channel 12 broadcaster specifies, was carried out by a ‘Ziyad 107’, the same one used last Sunday for the bombing of the Golani Brigade’s training base in Regavim, in central Israel, costing the lives of at least four soldiers, considered the most serious attack carried out by Hezbollah in the Jewish state since the war began.
According to the New York Times, the three drones today set off the alarm sirens in the Glilot military base, just north of Tel Aviv, but not in Caesarea, a particularly sensitive place. The IDF, which once lost radar contact with the third drone also raised combat helicopters capable of shooting down unmanned aircraft, made it clear that the incident is “under investigation”. Last Sunday’s episode and the most recent one confirmed Israel’s problems in countering drone attacks, especially when compared to the interception percentages of rockets and ballistic missiles, even at short and medium ranges, of the Arrow air defense systems, David’s Sling and Iron Dome. Drones – which are less expensive and easier for Israel’s adversaries to obtain – are more difficult to intercept because they emit less heat, contain less metal and fly at low altitude and at much lower speed than rockets and missiles, which are the prime target of defense systems.
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