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Source: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/01/03/why_hezbollahs_new_missiles_are_a_problem_for_israel
Why Hizbullah's New Missiles Are a Problem for Israel
(Foreign Policy) J. Dana Stuster - Russia delivered 72 Yakhont missiles to Syria in December 2011, along with 18 mobile launch vehicles. Moscow then followed up in May 2013 with even more advanced, more accurate, radar-equipped Yakhont missiles. They have a range of about 180 miles, fly close to the sea at Mach 2 to evade radar, and are usually armed with an armor-piercing or high-explosive warhead. The Yakhont missiles, though more suited to firing on vessels at sea, would be a marked upgrade in the range and accuracy of Hizbullah's arsenal. Placed near the Israeli northern border with Lebanon, the missiles' range would extend nearly all the way across the country, past Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula. But it's the radar guidance that has IDF planners worried.