Israeli fighter jets launched ballistic missiles from the Red Sea in Qatar strike, official says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Israeli hunter jets on the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles Target Hamas Leaders in Qatar Last week, a US defense official said in a new way designed to overcome the energy -rich country’s air defenses and to avoid entering any Middle East nation’s airspace.
The September 9 attack, which killed six people in Doha, Qatar’s capital, the diplomacy that lasted for months when the Arabian Peninsula nation mediates, to reach the ceasefire Israel-Hamas War This devastated the Gaza Strip for about two years. After a week after the missile launch, Israel GRADUATED ATTACKING THE CITY OF GAZZE. This is Anger prevailed in the region in the warThe Doha attack raises the fears that they can be shot in other countries.
The Israeli Army probably fired a surprise element by firing in a direction not foreseen by Qatar or the Middle East front center. Al Udeid Air Base In Qatar.
Even if these countries know, experts say that Patriot missile batteries in Qatar cannot block missiles traveling in space several times the speed of sound.
Sidharth Kaushal, a missile expert and senior research assistant at the London -based Royal United Services Institute Think Tank, said, “We’re probably talking about a few minutes from fire to effect, it’s not too long,” he said. “Even if Patriot batteries) took it, the intervention would be stupid at that point.”
Missiles fired from the Red Sea
US defense official Associated Press told the missiles that the missiles were expelled by an Israeli fighter aircraft along the Red Sea. HAMAS leaders gathered in Qatar Think of a Gaza Armistice offer. The authority had direct information about how Israel was carrying out the strike and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence issues.
Similarly, another US defense official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Israeli strike was an attack on Qatar’s airspace. The American army typically uses the term to describe air strikes from major distances.
By throwing ballistic missiles into space, Israel kept its missiles away from the airspace of the Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia. Israel wanted to reach a diplomatic recognition agreement.
Kaushal, “Political factor, you do not fly on the Saudi airspace, and you do not violate their sovereignty in the process, which is clearly useful if you hopes to normalize something with the Saudis,” he said.
In addition, in Qatar, ruled by Americans or Qatis, they came east to the west so that it is not monitored by air defense systems. The main regional threats of the Gulf countries coming from the north from the north or from the south of Iran, which previously started an attack on Qatar Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Ballistic missiles fly to the upper atmosphere and even the area before coming back to the speed of sound. While the Patriot battery cannot hit these heights, a terminal high altitude area defense system or Thaad can. Qatar ordered one next President Donald Trump’s visit in May.
United States said that As soon as he learns, he calls Qatar The Israeli attack, but the authorities in Doha say that the warning only came after the missiles were shot.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the details of the attack, an Israeli official said that about 10 aircraft participated in the mission and started about 10 missiles. Israel refused to accept the weapons used or the exact details of the strike.
The Israeli army, the Qatar government and the Pentagon did not respond to requests for comments. The White House refused to comment on questions by referring to the Israeli government.
Wall Street Journal first reported that Israel attacked Hamas in Qatar.
Ballistic missiles initiated by the air air by China, Israel and Russia
The use of ballistic missiles initiated with air was widespread by Russia. War to Ukraine Trying to protect the Moscow plane from Ukrainian air defenses. China exhibited a nuclear -air ballistic missile this month this month Victory Day Pass Ceremony.
Israel has several types of ballistic missiles initiated by air -known air Leakage of US intelligence documents last year. Includes Golden Ufuk and Is02 Rock. Intelligence Documents He suggested that Israel could probably use it to target Iran.
Israel is one 12 -day war against Iran In June, it also included the use of “Standoff” weapons that allowed a plane to fire a goal outside a airspace. Experts, the weapons used in the air contained ballistic missiles and then pointed out the missile debris in Iraq, he said.
Jeffrey Lewis, a missile expert at the International Research Institute of Midldlebur, argued that the missiles used in Doha could be either a golden horizon or Israel’s sparrow.
Sparrow contains an option that can explain the limited damage and can explain that a gas station adjacent to the strike area does not explode. Estimated about 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles). A red seaside launch would be a distance of 1,700 kilometers (1,055 miles).
“Even an inert war title should hit with a lot of power – a few hundred kilograms (pounds) TNT.” He said.
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Toropin reported from Washington. Aamer Madhani, Associated Press writer in Washington, contributed to this report.
