Hezbollah night-vision gear manufactured in Britain

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Originally Posted by tw

A-10s also have long loiter times. Scud missiles are tens of times larger, require large trucks to transport...

An A-10 has a loiter time that compares favorably with an F-16. It does *not* compare favorably with any UAV.

Now please compare the number of Scuds vs. the number of rockets used by Hez, and the relative land areas of the Scud box and Lebanon below the Litani. Calcuate the number of targets per unit area in each case. Adjust sensor perfromance for a decade and a half of technology improvement. Then factor in that the IDF has been surveilling that area from just across the border for about as long as Hez has been fortifying it, as opposed to your Desert Storm scenario.