Yaalon Denies Hizbullah has Yakhont Rockets, Says Israel to Act when Red Line is Crossed

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has said Hizbullah did not possess some components of supersonic Yakhont rockets as claimed by U.S. officials.

Yaalon told reporters on Tuesday that as far as Israel knew, Hizbullah did not possess the weapon. 

During a tour to the Israeli army's Central Command, he was asked whether Israel’s “red line” had been crossed and if Yakhont missiles had “reached Hizbullah.”

Yaalon said: “Our red line in terms of what’s going on in Syria is very clear. One of them is to not allow the transfer of sophisticated and advanced weapons from Syria to Lebanon. When that happens, we know what to do and will act accordingly.”

The Wall Street Journal has quoted U.S. officials as saying that Hizbullah is smuggling advanced guided-missile systems into Lebanon from Syria piece by piece.

Some components of a powerful anti-ship missile system have already been moved to Lebanon within the past year, including supersonic Yakhont rockets, according to previously undisclosed intelligence.

Yet “to make it lethal, a system needs to be complete," said a senior defense official.

As many as 12 anti-ship guided-missile systems may now be in Hizbullah's possession inside Syria, according to U.S. officials briefed on the intelligence.

Comments 10
Thumb ice-man 08 January 2014, 09:29

I am so proud of our Shia resistance.

Missing coolmec 08 January 2014, 09:41

Watch out Israel The Yakhont are here and are operational

Thumb ice-man 08 January 2014, 10:04

me too.... I just wish our army would get the same rockets because the resistance will only use these missiles in urban warfare.

Thumb _mowaten_ 08 January 2014, 12:56

yea, against mustaqbal's main battleship...

Thumb FlameCatcher 08 January 2014, 14:57

@mowaten : thank you for showing your true face of a traitor. Encouraging Hezbollah to use their weapons internally... bravo. You're a traitor and you don't hide it ! You're a sectarian sheep that has no single ounce of Lebanese blood.

You're a disgrace to the Lebanese flag you use as your profile picture when all you are is a sectarian narrow minded and brainwashed imbecile full of hatred, promoting violence and war !

We will rid Lebanon of the likes of you and round you up with your Takfiri and Hezbollah blood-brothers far away from society. You're all the same breed of terrorists after all !

Thumb _mowaten_ 08 January 2014, 15:48

hahahah flamecatcher, if i didnt know you that well i'd think you were being sarcastic.

Thumb ice-man 08 January 2014, 11:19

You are a living legend. Allah Yihmeek Ya Rabbbb!

Default-user-icon speakfreely (Guest) 08 January 2014, 12:53

Delusional he who believes has the upper hand, when his enemy can dictate to him what weapons he can have and what he is not allowed.

Thumb cedre 08 January 2014, 17:08

do u just imagine the training, logistics, radar, air defence, u need to deploy yakhont/oniks batteries ? or are u intending to have iranians/syrians to man them like in 2006 ?
Any way it can be jammed easily, but it is top notch antiship missile...

Thumb shab 08 January 2014, 18:08

All we hear are red lines What a joke