October 10, 2012
6:43 pm

This image made from a video released by the Israel Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Israel Defense Forces via AP video)

Fighter jet reportedly missed its first shot at spy drone

Pilot managed to shoot down the UAV on his second try

By Michal Shmulovich

October 10, 2012
2:22 pm

A voter casts a vote in a ballot box during the elections for the 18th Knesset, Feb 10 2009. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted he may call early elections in 2013. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Cast away

Before Israelis can cast their ballot, media pundits cast their rods into the country’s roiling political waters to probe for what’s really going on

By Joshua Davidovich

October 10, 2012
8:14 am

Ben Gurion International Airport (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)

Alert over unidentified aircraft briefly halts flights at Ben Gurion

Four days after a drone penetrated Israel’s airspace, air force fighters scramble to intercept a perceived intruder

By Ron Friedman

October 9, 2012
4:24 pm

Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad (res.), director of the Defense Ministry's office of Policy and Political-Military Affairs (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Drone mission into Israel was a bust, asserts Defense Ministry official

Amos Gilad says the unmanned vehicle, whose origin is still unknown, failed to gather intelligence

By Gabe Fisher

October 9, 2012
1:45 am

Iran claims Saturday’s drone photographed Dimona, says Al-Arabiya

Israeli reports say the UAV, shot down north of Negev nuclear facility, was incapable of relaying real-time information

By Ron Friedman and Times of Israel staff

October 8, 2012
8:53 pm

An Israeli 'Searcher II' returning from a reconnaissance mission (Photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/ Flash 90)

Dawn of the drones

Once the exclusive domain of the US and Israel, UAVs are today in the arsenals of 70 countries — as Saturday’s incursion into Israel indicated. Iran is 20-plus years off the cutting edge, but it’s learning fast

By Mitch Ginsburg

October 8, 2012
7:37 pm

A US Army Patriot Missile launcher (photo credit: US Army/Wikipedia)

Patriot anti-missile battery deployed to Mount Carmel

Move follows drone’s incursion into Israel; experts believe Hezbollah has ‘dozens’ of UAVs

By Yifa Yaakov

October 7, 2012
10:56 am

Israeli planes trigger sonic booms over Lebanon in possible response to drone dispatch

Hezbollah silent on claims it sent the unmanned aircraft downed over Israel on Saturday

By AP and Times of Israel staff

October 7, 2012
10:53 am

Yair Lapid, July 2012. Lapid returned to television Friday night as talk of early elections gained steam (photo credit: Oren Nahshon / FLASH90)

Drone, baby, drone

A drone infiltrates Israeli airspace, a murder in Eilat, and Barak and Netanyahu are friends once more

By Yossi Nachemi

October 7, 2012
9:00 am

Army vehicles and helicopters are seen in an open area as they search for the remains of a drone in the Negev Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Yehuda Lachiani)

Downed drone represents step forward for Hezbollah, says former air defense officer

UAV, which may have been on a spy mission to Dimona, could not have seen anything that isn’t available on Google Earth, says ex-head of drone unit

By Joshua Davidovich and Times of Israel staff

October 7, 2012
1:20 am

Israel reportedly fears drone was sent by Iran to spy on Dimona nuclear plant

Army said to believe downed UAV was part of a Hezbollah-launched operation — dispatched from Lebanon, but entering Israel via Gaza

By Joshua Davidovich

October 6, 2012
5:40 pm

IDF shoots down drone that penetrated deep into Israel

Army says unmanned aerial vehicle did not come from Palestinian territories, but may have come from Lebanon

By AP and Times of Israel staff

October 6, 2012
3:14 pm

Palestinian drone crosses deep into Israel, says Palestinian sources

For the first time, unmanned aircraft from the Gaza Strip flies 60 miles over Israeli territory and crash lands near Ramallah

October 1, 2012
9:20 am

An American predator drone (photo credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Suspected US drone kills two near Afghan border in Pakistan

Officials: Missile hit two foreigners riding a motorcycle in insurgent-heavy North Waziristan

September 25, 2012
12:38 am

Chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Amir Ali Hajizadeh (left), near the captured US RQ-170 Sentinel drone in April 2012. (photo credit: AP/Sepahnews)

Tehran says new drone can reach most Mideast destinations

Topic: UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicles