🚨🟡🟢 Kings of the Sky: The Story of Hezbollah's Air Force

Today, Al-Akhbar released a series of seven articles about the evolution of Hezbollah's drone capabilities, accompanied by a video that includes an interview with a commander in Hezbollah's Air Force.

Attached is a PDF containing the translation all seven articles, followed by a subtitled video released by Al-Akhbar of the interview.

In an interview with Al-Akhbar, a commander in the Islamic Resistance Air Force (to the extent permitted) provided a summary of the history of the Air Force's inception. He discussed the stages of its development in Lebanon, particularly through collaboration with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, especially after transitioning to the realm of drones.

The jihadi commander explains details related to the drone weaponry as a part of the Air Force within the resistance. He offers insights into the ongoing battle for the resistance to acquire its needs and the enemy's efforts to prevent these capabilities from reaching Hezbollah, including military operations such as the assassination of the unit's commander, Martyr Hassan al-Lakkis, in 2013.

The commander also details the enemy's systems for detecting, tracking, and monitoring drones, the mechanisms and methods employed by the enemy, and provides explanations about the types of drones available to the resistance, revealing some while the resistance retains many surprises in this domain.

The articles are titled:
1. Kings of the Sky! - The Story of the Air Force of Hezbollah
2. 30 Years... From Gliders to Drones, And From Syria to "Karish" to Al-Aqsa Flood
3. The enemy is haunted by the “Karar” drone: Hezbollah's technical superiority has amazed our army and terrified us.
4. Intelligence and Military Confrontation and High-Tech Systems:
What Are The Details of the Electronic Warfare Between the Resistance and the Enemy?
5. Cost of Drones vs. Cost of Countering Them
6. The Hezbollah Drone Family
7. How did Hezbollah's needle deflate the legendary balloon?

🚨🟡🟢 For the first time, Al-Akhbar reveals the secrets of the Air Force of Hezbollah, unveiling exclusive information in this subtitled interview with a Hezbollah commander and the attached series of articles.

Hezbollah's extensive drone arsenal is discussed, including three unknown drones. Among them is the Karar drone, a multi-role offensive drone capable of flying up to a range of 1,000km at 900km/h at altitude of 35,000 feet.

Supplementary notes:

- 4:03 Several types of drones are displayed including Al-Nawras surveillance drone, T1, T2 and Sahab diving drones.
- 6:49 - Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: "We agreed to send drones for the "israelis" to down. We want the [enemy] airplanes to launch missiles. We want the warships to launch missiles."
- 7:29 - Several IOF radars are shown, with ranges up to 500 km.
- 11:01 - The cost of countering (with Iron Dome). The cost of one iron dome missile: 50 thousand dollars. - The cost of one hour of flight is approximately 40 thousand dollars. The cost of a Patriot missile: 3 million dollars.
- 12:11 - Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: "We have previously mentioned that we manufacture our drone ourselves. This is why we have this large and abundant number of drones. We even joked saying if anyone would like, they can come and buy our drones.. No one came to buy. [It's okay,] we will sell [anyways]."
- From 14:35 - "Kiryat Shmona" airport, "Palmachim" airport, "Ilan and Asaf Ramon" airport.

🚨 Two martyrs ascended and 15 others were wounded, including a woman in critical condition, as a result of the IOF airstrike on Dahiye in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."
This is the truth of Allah, the Most High, the Almighty.

In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Thursday, 26-09-2024, bombed the headquarters of the Northern Region Command in the "Dado" base with barrages of rockets.

"And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

Thursday, 26-09-2024
22 Rabi' Al-Awwal 1446 AH

🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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"But it was Allah who threw."
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Notes:
- The rocket at the beginning features the Quranic verse: "So wait for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke"
1:46 - "But it was Allah who threw."

🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."
This is the truth of Allah, the Most High, the Almighty.

In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Thursday, 26-09-2024, bombed the Northern Corps Reserve Headquarters, the “Galilee” Division Reserve Base and its logistics warehouses in “Amiad” with barrages of rockets.

"And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

Thursday, 26-09-2024
22 Rabi' Al-Awwal 1446 AH

🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."
This is the truth of Allah, the Most High, the Almighty.

In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Thursday, 26-09-2024, bombed the “Ahihud” settlement with 50 rockets.

"And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

Thursday, 26-09-2024
22 Rabi' Al-Awwal 1446 AH

🚨🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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Scenes from the operation of the Islamic resistance targeting the headquarters of the special operations naval unit "Shayetet 13" at the “Atlit” base in northern occupied Palestine with a squadron of attack drones.
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Notes:
0:08 - [Top to bottom] Haifa, “Atlit” base.
0:20: “Atlit” Base.
- The headquarters of the special operations naval unit "Shayetet 13.”

0:36 - Settlers’ cameras.

🚨 Missile sirens ring in occupied Safad and numerous sites and settlements surrounding it in northeast occupied Palestine.

🚨 Over 80 rockets were launched in the previous barrage, with several making direct impact in "Amiad," south of Safad in northeastern occupied Palestine, according to zionist media.

🚨🟡🟢 Hezbollah:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."
This is the truth of Allah, the Most High, the Almighty.

In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Thursday, 26-09-2024, launched an aerial attack with a squadron of attack drones on the “Samson” base (command supply center and regional supply unit), targeting the locations and positions of its officers and soldiers and hitting its targets accurately.

"And victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

Thursday, 26-09-2024
22 Rabi' Al-Awwal 1446 AH