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Yakhont missiles

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center shows what they say is their targeting of CHIOS LION, a Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker, by unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)
September 25, 2024, 2:28 pm
Sources: Iran brokering Russia-Houthi talks on arming group with anti-ship missiles
Western and regional sources say Tehran has hosted multiple rounds of talks between Moscow and Yemeni terror group to discuss potential transfer of more precise Yakhont missiles
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Landay
A Yakhont missile at a Russian air show in 1997 (CC BY-SA, JNO, Wikimedia Commons)
February 19, 2017, 9:44 am
Hezbollah said to have obtained ‘game-changing’ anti-ship missiles
Russian-made Yakhont would give Lebanese terror group the ability to strike Israeli gas platforms and ships in the Mediterranean
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: The Israel Navy launches its new 'Barak 8' missile defense system on November 26, 2015. (screen capture: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
November 26, 2015, 10:09 pm
WATCH: Israel successfully launches new naval missile defense system
IDF holds first operational test of ‘Barak 8,’ aimed to deflect Hezbollah weapons, as all eyes turn to more powerful Russian S-400
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Moshe Ya'alon (right) during a tour of the IDF's Central Command and the Duvdevan Special Forces unit, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
January 7, 2014, 10:17 pm
Hezbollah has no Yakhont missiles, defense minister says
Moshe Ya’alon appears to contradict recent reports regarding Lebanese group’s acquisition of the advanced Russian anti-ship weapon
By Mitch Ginsburg
January 3, 2014, 12:04 pm
US officials: Hezbollah upgrading its arsenal against Israel
Under cover of Syria’s civil war, Lebanese Shiite group seen smuggling advanced weapons systems in pieces from Iran
By ToI Staff
October 23, 2013, 10:27 am
‘Israel strikes Hezbollah-bound missile shipment’
Kuwaiti newspaper claims IAF hit convoy on Lebanese-Syrian border earlier this week
By Stuart Winer
An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet during a training exercise (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
August 1, 2013, 4:59 am
‘Israel failed to fully destroy target in Syria airstrike’
US officials reveal new details of reported July 5 attack on a weapons warehouse, say more such strikes likely in the offing
By ToI Staff
An Israeli F-15I fighter jet. (Tsahi Ben-Ami/ Flash 90)
July 15, 2013, 9:45 am
Report: Israel used Turkish base to strike Syria
Russian media says Ankara assisted in attack on arms depot in Latakia; Turkish foreign minister denies claim
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Iran nuclear diagram, presented at the UN General Assembly in September 2012. (photo credit: IBA screenshot)
July 14, 2013, 10:38 pm
Netanyahu pledges to thwart Iran ‘before it’s too late’
Appearing on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation,’ PM calls for world to take nuke threat seriously, keeps mum on strike against Syrian arms depot
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: The charred remains of an armored vehicle are loaded onto a truck after a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a police checkpoint in el-Arish, Egypt, Friday, July 12, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Sabry)
July 14, 2013, 4:01 pm
‘Sinai purification’ almost over
The Kurds of Syria prepare for parliamentary elections, ahead of new regional government and constitution
By Elhanan Miller
Security forces and civilians stand at the scene of a bombing in the Beir el-Abed, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 9 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Omar)
July 13, 2013, 6:53 am
Hezbollah’s suicide bombing tactics come back to haunt it
Last month IDF chief Benny Gantz said the fringes of Nasrallah’s cloak were on fire; today, the entire robe would seem to be burning
By Avi Issacharoff
A Yakhont missile at a Russian air show in 1997 (CC BY-SA, JNO, Wikimedia Commons)
July 13, 2013, 4:12 am
US sources say Israel attacked Syrian weapons depot
Unnamed officials claim IDF carried out July 5 strike on Latakia to destroy a shipment of Russian-made anti-ship missiles
By Ron Friedman
An IDF missile boat (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
July 10, 2013, 9:30 pm
After a pre-dawn strike, hoping for crickets
News reports blame Israel for a Friday raid on a missile shipment at a Syrian port, but both Jerusalem and the Assad regime would prefer it all stay on the hush hush
By Mitch Ginsburg
A Yakhont missile at a Russian air show in 1997 (CC BY-SA, JNO, Wikimedia Commons)
From the WebMay 17, 2013, 6:45 am
Russia sends more advanced missiles to aid Assad in Syria
NY Times: New antiship weapons could help regime counter international forces seeking to impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out limited airstrikes
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