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the war in Gaza is very one sided to be fair, I don't think much can be inferred that can be transposed to a war between similar strengths

• invalidname 3y ago
  The Hamas is using drones heavily and did use them to disable the fence. They planned to use them against tanks which would have worked against older versions of Israeli armed vehicles. Newer versions have a defensive system that can stop most anti-tank warfare and everything the Hamas have (they have many Russian weapons supplied via Iran, they have a very deep cache of weapons). This tank defense system is also designed to stop drones.
  • hnbad 3y ago
    You know what Hamas primarily used to disable the fence? Construction vehicles. There are literally videos of Hamas militants using a loader to tear down a fence to create an opening. They also infamously used motorized paragliders to cross the border. We're talking about a terrorist group operating on hand-me-downs from foreign sponsor states in a very small and densely populated mostly-urban territory that has no control over its borders or foreign trade. They likely have impressive caches for an organization of its size but that doesn't make the conflict any less one-sided given Israel is one of the best equipped militaries in the world subsidized directly by the US. Let's not confuse Hamas and Hezbollah, which is actually better equipped than the official military of its host nation Lebanon and also receives massive funding from Iran - but still pales in comparison to the tech available to Israel.
    • invalidname 3y ago
      Yes. They used the drones to take down the cell towers communicating with video and unmanned machine guns. > that doesn't make the conflict any less one-sided given Israel is one of the best equipped militaries in the world subsidized directly by the US. That's one sided in terms of modern warfare. Sure. But they have plenty of anti-tank missiles and are still firing many rockets into cities in Israel on a daily basis. Israel is also required to hold back on many of its capabilities both due to international law (which the Hamas ignores) and due to the fear of hurting the kidnapped hostages. The Hamas is no Hezbollah but who are also taking a part in the fight albeit to a minimal extent at the moment. But they have a home court advantage and urban warfare is difficult even for the most advanced armies. It reduces a lot of the advantages. E.g. in the past the IDF used to rely on night vision goggles and take advantage of the night. The Hamas has those now and many of their soldiers received training in Iran. > Israel is one of the best equipped militaries in the world subsidized directly by the US. Notice that a lot of the tech Israel has is home grown. One of the reasons the USA funds Israel (besides the alignment on many issues) is to keep Israeli arm manufacturing in its niche. Israeli weapons such as its jets and guns (famously the Uzi) were hot items in the late 60's and 70's. The USA's funding effectively made it uneconomical for Israel to make some of its weapons. Most specifically the fighter jets. Israel is also an amazing "demo stage" for US weapon superiority.