That is not correct Anthony. A big strength that Israel has is to face failure squarely, especially military ones, then debate and discuss them. The stakes are too high to worry about hurt feelings.

Israel is the country that invented the idea that failure is an important teacher for the future.

By the time the lead pilot is identified by the defense system, he's already past the danger. It's the following pilots who are most at risk. That being said, pilots are trained to evade these things. But I'll always leave it up to the pilot to decide what to do. He's the one watching this thing coming at him.

However, if I'm following these reports correctly, both Russians and Iranians SHARE the airbase near Homs, where the Iranian UAV drone was launched from originally.

What further proof do you need regarding Russian - Iranian collaboration?

While I admire Netanyah for playing along with Putin's policy of "plausible deniability" of supposed "differing Russia/ Iranian goals in Syria", etc... the latest developments expose the fraud....

Russians are involved up to their chins in Iranian mischief in Syria including provocations against Israel.

Pretending otherwise is about as credible as Pakistan denying it had any idea that Bin Laden was harboring in plain sight adjacent to one of their military academies...