Attack on IDF Vehicle Might Have Been Field Test for New Iranian Missile

Attack on IDF Vehicle Might Have Been Field Test for New Iranian Missile

Iranian troops are testing a missile designed in 2012 that could potentially hamper Israeli efforts to fight Hezbollah in the future, Armin Rosen of Business Insider reported Wednesday.

The Dehlaviyeh’s actual capabilities haven’t been proven on the battlefield yet. Iran has a history of over-hyping its weapons advances, most notoriously with the stealth fighter mock-up that Iran attempted to debut as a finished plane in February of 2013.

But Iranian troops test-fired the Dehlaviyeh during maneuvers inside Iran in recent weeks. Regime media released photos of the missile being fired during exercises in southern Iran which took during the first half of December.

Rosen notes that while it is uncertain that the Dehlaviyeh functions as well as Iran has boasted, if it turns out that it was the weapon fired at the IDF yesterday, “it means that Hezbollah can supplement its most effective battlefield tactic with an even more advanced anti-tank system.” That would mean that Hezbollah could “end up dictating Israel’s options in how it will respond” to future attacks.

Iranian exports of arms to Hezbollah would violate not only United Nations Security CouncilResolution 1701, demanding an end to transferring arms to any Lebanese entity other than the government, but also various resolutions prohibiting Iran from exporting arms at all.

[Photo: Iran Military Videos / YouTube ]