Hezbollah may have cracked Israeli radio communications
Hezbollah guerrillas were able to hack into Israeli radio communications during last month's battles in south Lebanon, an intelligence breakthrough that helped them thwart Israeli tank assaults, according to Hezbollah and Lebanese officials.
Using technology most likely supplied by Iran, special Hezbollah teams monitored the constantly changing radio frequencies of Israeli troops on the ground. That gave guerrillas a picture of Israeli movements, casualty reports and supply routes. It also allowed Hezbollah anti-tank units to more effectively target advancing Israeli armor, according to the officials.
Interesting stuff and pretty ugly. Making large scale radio communications secure is a big problem. If Hezbollah can get into Israeli communications, it suggests Iran might be able to work on US military communications.
I wonder if Israel's use of American style command and control hurts them in this regards. Hezbollah and other gureilla forces work in small groups with minimal communication, this makes them hard to control and somewhat erratic. But it also means that intercepting communications is less of an advantage.
Jay