F-15i Fighter Jet Drops 100 Bunker-Penetrating Bombs

TEL AVIV – Army Israel exposed the assassination operation in opposition to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah at the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, involving F-15i fighter jets and round 100 bunker-penetrating bombs made in the USA (US).

The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) on Sunday (29/9/2024) launched photographs appearing an F-15i fighter jet from the Israeli Air Pressure’s (IAF) 69th Squadron starting off from Hatzerim Air Base to kill Nasrallah on Friday.

Consistent with the Israeli army, round 100 bunker-busting bombs have been dropped via the fighter jets on Hezbollah’s underground base at the outskirts of Dahiyeh town within the assault.

Research New York Instances up to now launched video of the fighter jet starting off alleged that no less than 15 US-made BLU-109 bombs with JDAM steering units have been used within the assault. The two,000-pound ammunition is referred to as a bunker buster because of its talent to penetrate underground.

Brigadier Common Amichai Levine, commander of the Israeli Air Base Hatzerim printed on Saturday that the project to neutralize Nasrallah calls for distinctive and world-class functions from the IAF.

The operation required excessive precision to strike deep underground spaces whilst keeping up absolute best deception, making sure that Nasrallah, Ali Karaki, and different senior figures would now not discover the assault and get away.

“The operation used to be a whole luck,” Levine stated, praising the bottom team and technical crew for its clean execution.

No longer handiest do they be sure airplane readiness, however additionally they set up ammunition, which plays flawlessly even underneath advanced project stipulations. “A couple of hundred rounds of ammunition have been used, with the bombers losing them each two seconds with absolute best precision.”

He additionally praised the 69th Squadron, referred to as the Hammers, which operates F-15I Ra’am fighter jets and has been interested in essential operations in Lebanon and Syria.