Inexpensive fiber-optic drones are challenging Israel's high-tech defenses, shifting the military balance in the Middle East.

A recent video showing an explosive-laden drone striking an Israeli Iron Dome battery couldn't have been more symbolic: Israel's famous air-defense system, which cost billions of euros, looked powerless against a small aircraft that cost a few hundred euros.

While the video's authenticity has not yet been verified, experts believe it is genuine.

The footage was published about a week ago by Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based pro-Iranian militia, which Germany, the US and several Sunni Arab states have classified as a terrorist organization.

The drone strike, if genuine, would mark propaganda victory for Hezbollah and reveal a significant vulnerability in Israel's military capabilities.

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago*

I’m convinced we are in WWIII,

the preamble perhaps. the conflict that sets the stage.

fml, the idea that putin/bibi/trump ally so closely in their desire to destroy their own countries, and xi is like: let's make more terawatts of solar power and help cuba - the world is stranger and darker every day.

ebola may finally hit globally, thanks to stupid cuts at cdc/who/usaid

and then there's taiwan... just sitting there, all tempting, and the US having expended tremendous amounts of our arsenal for the iranian folly.... gee whiz...

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