Military & Aerospace

Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Part-8 : Conclusion
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Issue Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date : 26 Apr , 2007


The Israel – Hezbollah conflict has spawned a rich harvest of military lessons that we must analyse and ingest at the earliest. In essence it was an attempt to conventionalise and thereby end a long running Low Intensity Conflict. This aspect merits serious attention from the cost-benefit analysis point of view. The fact that the cease-fire has held for over five months now and the Hezbollahs war of a thousand cuts against Israel has ceased, points to some definitive military conclusions.

At the tactical level there are a host of relevant lessons in the Hezbollahs innovative use of Anti-tank missiles, need for heavier APCs and survivable and flexible communications in combat. There is a need for a methodical study and wide ranging debate on the aspects highlighted by this war.

Notes

1. Martin Van Creveld “Israels Lebanon War. A Preliminarily Assessment”. Royal United Services Institution (RUSI) Journal Oct 2006 issue. pp 41
2. Alon Ben David Janes Defense Weekly 26 July, 06 issue.
3. Martin Van Creveld. Refer to Note 1 above.
4. Ibid
5. Ibid
6. Barbara Opaall Defense News 14 Aug, 06 issue. pp 8
7. Uzi Rubin “The Rockets Red Glare” Defense News 4 Sep, 06 issue. pp 21
8. Alon Ben David “New Model Army” Janes Defense Weekly 11 Oct, 2006. pp 24
9. Refer Note 6 above.
10. Ibid
11. Refer to Note 8 above. pp 26
12. Ibid pp 25
13. Ibid pp 24
14. Refer to Note 1 above.
15. Ibid pp 41
16. Ibid pp 41
17. Col Frank Hoffmann USMC (Retd) Defense News 14 Aug, 06 issue. pp 37
18. Alon Ben David and Robin Hughes Janes Defense Weekly 02 pp 37
19. Alon Ben David Janes Defense Weekly 19 July, 06 issue.
20. Alon Ben David Janes Defense Weekly 23 Aug, 06 issue. pp 19
21. Martin Van Creveld. Refer to Note 1 above.
22. Alon Ben David. Refer to Note 8 above.
23. Ibid pp 28
24. Ibid pp 28
25. Barbara Opall Defense News 9 Oct, 06 issue.
26. Ibid
27. Ibid
28. Ibid
29. Ibid
30. Ibid
31. Ibid
32. Alon Ben David Janes Defense Weekly 9 Aug, 06 issue.
33. Alon Ben David and Rubin Hughes. Refer to Note 18 above.
34. Ibid
35. Nicholas Branford “Deconstructing Hezbollahs Surprise Military Prowess”. Janes Defense Weekly Nov 2006 issue. pp 24
36. Greg Grant “Hezbollah Missile Swarms” Defense News 28 Aug, 06 issue pp 8
37. Ibid
38. Steven Zologa. Teal Group.
39. Refer to 37 above.
40. Alon Ben David. “Israel Introspects after Lebanon Offensive” Janes Defense Weekly 23 Aug, 06 issue. pp19
41. Alon Ben David. Refer to Note 8
42. Ibid
43. Ibid
44. Ibid
45. Ibid
46. Ibid
47. Alon Ben David Janes Defense Weekly 26 Aug, 06 issue pp6
48. Ibid
49. Ibid
50. Ibid
51. Ibid
52. Uzi Rubin. Refer Note 7 above
53. Ibid
54. Alon Ben David. Refer to note 8 above
55. Ibid
56. Ibid
57. Ibid
58. Ibid
59. Ibid
60. Ibid

61. Ibid

62. Ibid

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