IDF Weapons Shipment Intercept

[trident86]

Some good footage of IDF in action: fast boats, hook and climb, etc. The IDF (Israeli Defense Force or Israeli Army) has a video on U Tube about the Iranian weapons caught on the ship to Gaza, http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk

[The Fat Guy]

Good footage, and yet, no one will cover this on main stream news channels. Apparently we still think Iran wants to be our friend. The question I have is were these going to Hezbollah or were they going to be disseminated to Shiite rebels across the various countries where they are "protesting" the Sunni governments.

[trident86]

I think the key piece in the article is the shipment of complete anti-ship missile systems capable of hitting targets up to 35 km away. If they were to hit an LNG tanker, for example, that is quite potentially a weapon of mass destruction.

[sabasarge]

I don't think there's much question about the weapons' destination......Gaza via the Sinai.
The Chinese-made C-704 anti-ship missiles found aboard would definitely have changed the rules of the game for the Israeli navy operating in the area.
As for the media "coverage", it's hardly surprising. Iran has for all intents and purposes developed bases in Lebanon and Gaza, yet you wouldn't know it if you depended on the NY Times or CNN for your news. Just as nobody's heard about Hamas beating up journalist's over the last few days in Gaza, or about the huge amount of sophisticated weaponry that has found its' way into Gaza since Mubarek's ouster, the MSM finds very little interest in anything that doesn't portray Israel in a bad light. Even the grisly slaughter of an Israeli family of five was, according to the MSM, more about Israel's response of building a few hundred additional homes in large towns in Judea and Samaria, than about what the massacre of the family, and the subsequent celebrations by everyday Palestinians says about that culture.
The more things change, the more things remain the same.

[The Fat Guy]

I think the key piece in the article is the shipment of complete anti-ship missile systems capable of hitting targets up to 35 km away. If they were to hit an LNG tanker, for example, that is quite potentially a weapon of mass destruction.

You watched Syriana too many times. LNG will not burn, detonate or deflagrate. It has to spill, evaporate and have perfect conditions for a vapor cloud explosion to occur. Not impossible, but damn hard to do. (this is the part where I do my homework on those missiles.) If the conditions are right, it could make a mess that's for sure.

[trident86]

TFG--You're exactly right--poor example on my part. Substitute with large quantities of anything highly flammable (especially under pressure, or contained in a vessel that will allow a rapid pressure build up).