Hezbollah and SCUDS - An Unlikely Combination?
Tad | Apr 21, 2010 |
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Scud-B & Launcher
Reports last week that Syria had transferred an unspecified number of SCUD missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon, whilst vehemently denied by Damascus, are now being ignored, ambiguously, by senior Hezbollah sources. If indeed the allegations are true, then the transfer would represent the first acquisition of SCUD type missiles by a non-state actor, a violation of UN Resolution 1701 - which called for the disarming of all armed groups in Lebanon. The missiles would also now be the furthest-range and most precise weapons in Hezbollah’s arsenal, reported in 2009 to contain as many as 80,000 short-range rockets.
Upon closer inspection, however, it seems that any SCUD missiles would have little utility for Hezbollah’s operations in Southern Lebanon. Thus, if the story is true, reactions which suggest the possible transfer could or should ignite a war seem highly misplaced...
Security Matters, SCUDS, Syria, Hezbollah, Israel, Missiles, Terror (all tags)
