Are the Israelis using smaller Hellfire warheads?

I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?

Thanks,

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
car.

From: "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
Date: 4/20/2004 3:06 PM Central Daylight Time
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"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
car.


And way too much overkill for squishy targets like Hamas leaders.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

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From: "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
Date: 4/20/2004 3:06 PM Central Daylight Time
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"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target like a
car.


And way too much overkill for squishy targets like Hamas leaders.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Sure...why waste all that money on the bigger ones when you can
buy the little ones and get two Hamas leaders for the price of
one?
--

-Gord.

"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in
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"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


I hadn't heard that, but it would probably make sense, seeing as the
standard armor-percing hellfire warhead is overkill for a soft target
like a car.



It's only a ~22 lb. warhead. And some of those cars may be "armored".

Changing the weight of the warhead could affect flight characteristics of
the missile.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


From what I understand, the Israelis have converted both the TOW and
Hellfire to use blast/frag warheads instead of the usual shaped charge ones.
Blast/frag is more efficient for attacking the target set they are going
after. I don't know about weight though.

"Ragnar" wrote in message ...
"Yeff" wrote in message
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I've seen it suggested on some web pages that the Israelis are using
smaller Hellfire warheads for their anti-terror strikes than come
standard.
Is this true and, if so, does anyone have a good cite?


From what I understand, the Israelis have converted both the TOW and
Hellfire to use blast/frag warheads instead of the usual shaped charge ones.
Blast/frag is more efficient for attacking the target set they are going
after. I don't know about weight though.

I've heard the same from someone who was over there during the height
of the tit-for-tat missile strikes and Pal attacks a couple of years
ago (sure doesn't seem that long).