When MiG-29s Ambushed F-15 Eagles - Operation “Mole Cricket 19” (1982)
Автор: Kaito Ken
Загружено: 2025-11-10
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During the Yom Kippur War, Soviet-supplied $SA-6$ “Gainful” surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems devastated Israel’s fighter wings, shooting down dozens of aircraft.
That shock carved a deep tactical fear into Israeli doctrine—and even indirectly pushed the United States to accelerate its stealth aircraft program.
It was a scar that never fully healed.
By June 1982, Syria had deployed nineteen SAM batteries—including $SA-2$, $SA-3$, and fifteen of the dreaded $SA-6$ systems—into Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
It was a provocation Israel, still haunted by its past losses, could not ignore.
But this time, Israel did not plan for a battle.
They planned for a trap...
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