Talk:Operation Rooster 53
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Kidnap?
[edit]You can't kidnap a thing, only people can be kidnapped - use some other word.
Unit Participation
[edit]Sayeret Tzanhanim participated in this operation as well.
Tomcat200 28 May 2006
Weight problem
[edit]The article lacks the weight problem: The radar was heavier than the Sikorsky could carry. The pilot barely made it to Israeli shore.
The four-ton radar caravan was actually heavier than the CH-53 was designed to carry and soon endangered the safe completion of the operation. The cables connecting the radar to the helicopter were streching the ribs of the aircraft which in turn caused a hydrolic pipeline to rupture. Faced with either releasing the radar or loosing control of the aircraft and crashing, the captain of the helicopter managed to cross the water line into Israel. With the last of its Hydrolic pressure, the Helicopter set down the radar and landed besides it. The second CH-53 which had already arrived with its lighter load, was sent back to retrieve the radar from the crash landing site. Once again the heavy load almost caused the helicopter to crash but the radar was finally delivered to the designated point, into the hands of awaiting intelligence specialists.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.139.3.102 (talk) 18:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC).
- I have added a brief description of this (sourced from an existing ref). -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 19:49, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
Who was captured?
[edit]The infobox says (but the article doesn't) that four Egyptians were captured. As commando operations generally don't intend to capture prisoners (usually it's blow stuff up and leave), I imagine the Israelis wanted to capture the radar's operators, and their officer(s). Knowing how the thing was used would be as valuable as actually having it. It seems unlikely they would have bothered capturing non-technical people like drivers or the security detail. Detailing who they captured would be a valuable addition to the article. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 18:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
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