U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack on Syria, Reports AVIATION WEEK

NEW YORK, November 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Israel Also Launched Pre-Attack on Syrian Radar Site

The U.S. provided Israel with information about Syrian air defenses before Israel attacked a suspected nuclear site in Syria, reports AVIATION WEEK, which broke the story on its website, AviationWeek.com, today. The complete story will appear in the November 26 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology (AW&ST).

The U.S. was monitoring the electronic emissions coming from Syria during Israel's September 6 attack, and while there was no active American engagement in the operation, military and aerospace industry officials told AW&ST that advice was provided.

The AW&ST article, reported by Dave Fulghum, Robert Wall and Amy Butler, also reveals that the main attack, targeting a suspected nuclear reactor being developed at Dayr az-Zawr, was preceded by an engagement with a single Syrian radar site at Tall al-Abuad, near the Turkish border.

The radar site was struck with a combination of electronic attack and precision bombs to allow the Israeli force to enter and exit Syrian airspace without being observed. As a result, all of Syria's air-defense radar system went off the air during the raid, U.S. intelligence analysts told AW&ST.

"Offensive and defensive network warfare is one of the most interesting new areas," says Pinchas Buchris, the director general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. "I can only say we're following the [network attack] technology with great care. I doubted this [technology] five years ago. But we did it. Now everything has changed."

Full text of the article "U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria" is available at http://www.aviationweek.com. For further commentary, TV/Radio reporters may contact Patricia Walsh at +1-212-512-3364, +1-646-673-6640 or patricia_walsh@mcgraw-hill.com. AW&ST's Senior Military Editor Dave Fulghum (davef@aviationweek.com, office +1-202-383-2308, cell +1-202-320-3381) and Managing Editor Jim Asker (asker@aviationweek.com, office +1-202-383-2305, cell +1-202-320-3418) are also available for additional commentary and interviews.

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