Michale Peck, National Interest: The New Middle East Arms Race Is Not What You Think
'Tis the time's plague when toy drones battle kamikaze kites.
In the long, bloody Middle Eastern arms race, two new contenders have appeared. In the one corner is Hamas, which is so outgunned by Israel that it has resorted to launching flaming kites across the border to set Israeli farms ablaze. But the Israelis have their own secret weapons: toy drones, flown by civilian hobbyists, to intercept the incendiary intruders.
The weird aerial duel began in March, during bloody clashes between Palestinian protesters and militants, and the Israeli military, along the fence separating the Israel-Gaza border. Lacking weapons to take on Israeli forces, and also wary of firing rockets into Israel that might trigger an Israeli invasion, the Palestinians came up with a clever solution.
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WNU Editor: As I had mentioned in the previous post .... the Israelis have brought in the "heavy artillery" to stop those who are sending these burning kites .... Israel Targets Palestinians Launching Burning Kites and Balloons Into Israel.
