Hezbollah chief boasts his group has manufactured military drones
February 17, 2022, 8:19 am

Hezbollah chief boasts his group has manufactured military drones

Hassan Nasrallah, chief of the Shia Muslim movement Hezbollah, delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location in Lebanon. (AFP)

The Asharq Al-Awsat reported, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah revealed Wednesday that his group has been manufacturing military drones in Lebanon and has the technology to turn thousands of missiles in the party’s possession into precision-guided munitions.

Nasrallah said: “We have the capabilities to transfer missiles that we possess in the thousands into precision-guided missiles.”

He added: “We have started manufacturing drones in Lebanon a long time ago. Those who want to buy can fill out an application.”

Nasrallah said Hezbollah has been working on improving its military capabilities, revealing that last summer, Hezbollah fighters conducted the largest training exercise since the group was formed in 1982.

Hezbollah party (File photo: Shutterstock)

Nasrallah’s comments came in a televised speech during an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of the killing of some of the Iran-backed group's top political and military leaders.

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“Should the enemy dare to carry out a certain operation in search of our missiles, it might face an ‘Ansariyeh 2’ operation,” Nasrallah said, referring to Israel’s 1997 botched landing on Ansariyeh’s shore in which 12 of its troops were killed.

Source: aawsat

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On Wednesday, NATO congratulated Trump on his victory but did not address the Ukrainian issue.

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