Hezbollah first recorded use of FPV drone in destroying Israelis CUAS system

Update 08/15: by far, there has been three seperate known Hezbollah FPV drone strikes on Drone Dome system. The attack pattern is targeting RPS-42 detection radar, an phase-array radar system developed by RADA and released in 2016. We will cease to continue update this event, but the threat of newer generation drone against almost decade-old system is concrete.

According to multiple sources, Hezbollah carried out a sucessful attack against an IDF outpost in northern Israel. In this attack, Hezbollah used both FPV (First-Person Viewpoint) hang glider and anti-tank guided missile, and recorded the resulting destruction of their attack. 

From the record in Hezbollah's Telegram channel, their explosive-strapped "kamikaze" drone made direct impact with the Drone Dome system, a counter-UAV system manufactured since 2016 by Israelis company RAFAEL. It is worth pointing out that the video feed from the drone was clean and smooth to the end, indicating that the drone was proably both using digital transceiver for video signal and not interfered by the Drone Dome during its final approach. This implies that Drone Dome probably was not powered on, or its sensor failed to capture FPV drone signal, before it was hit. This is likely due to Hezbollah drone using exotic frequency transceivers or other electronic measures to evade detection of their drone's signal.

Small UAVs tactics are becoming more and more relevant due to their decreasing cost and increasing technical complexity. As such, the importance of continuously developing technically sufficient and relevant countermeasure cannot be overstated. Threats must be constantly updated, categorized, and systematically studied, in order to provide adequate countermeasure worthy of protecting sensitive site, material, and personnel.