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U.S. Provided Information about Syrian Air Defenses Before Israeli Attack

[Aviation Week] David A. Fulghum and Robert Wall - The U.S. provided Israel with information about Syrian air defenses before Israel attacked a suspected nuclear site in Syria on Sep. 6. The main attack was preceded by an engagement with a single Syrian radar site at Tall al-Abuad near the Turkish border. The radar site was struck with a combination of electronic attack and precision bombs to allow the Israeli force to enter and exit Syrian airspace unobserved. Subsequently, all of Syria's air-defense radar went off the air for a period of time that encompassed the raid, U.S. intelligence analysts said. The analysts contend that network penetration involved both remote air-to-ground electronic attack and penetration through computer-to-computer links - evidence that a sophisticated network attack and electronic hacking capability is an operational part of the Israel Defense Force's arsenal of digital weapons.
2007-11-22 01:00:00
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