The Israeli military made a daring raid to steal Soviet-made P-12 air defense radar.
On Dec. 26, 1969, Israeli forces conducted a code-named "Rooster 53" (Chick 53) to steal a P-12 air-to-ground airliner that Egypt had just received from the Soviet Union. The success of the campaign helped Israel and the United States to own one of the most modern radars of its time, as well as to find a jamming solution to deal with the Soviet-made S-75 (SA-2) , according to the Jewish Library.
After being defeated by Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967, the Egyptian military began modernizing its modern military equipment, including advanced defense radar systems. to deal with the Israeli air force.
The Israeli army then operated a series of arms from Egypt and Syria during the Six-Day War, aiming to detect and exploit enemy weaknesses. The emergence of state-of-the-art equipment in the Egyptian payroll has become the focus of Israeli intelligence, especially as they lose technological advantage on the battlefield, causing Israeli air operations to be detected. from far away.
In September 1969, Tel Aviv detected the signature of a new, very penetrating air defense system in Cairo. The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of aerial reconnaissance missions, before identifying a modern P-12 radar station on the Ras-Arab coast.
The P-12 "Yenisei" is a three-dimensional space-based radar, capable of detecting targets at 200 km and a height of 25 km. The P-12 can operate independently in the early warning network, or act as a radar detector in the S-75 air defense complex.
Initially, the Israeli military was intent on destroying the system, but the attack was aborted when they came up with the idea of "kidnapping" the P-12 station intact. The campaign, codenamed Rooster 53, is scheduled for December 24. The Israeli Air Force has selected the CH-53 Yasur heavy-duty transport helicopter, which was reportedly the only helicopter capable of carrying seven P-12s.
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Israeli air force CH-53 Yasur. Photo: Airliners.
Rooster 53 began at 9 pm on December 26, 1969 with a series of assaults by A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom II fighter jets on Egyptian forces along the west coast of the Suez Canal and the Sea. Red. Taking advantage of the noise from the jet, three Super Freon helicopters carrying secret Israeli air strikes flew to the Ras-Arab coast, where the P-12 radar was stationed.
The surprise raid for the radar guard and quick control of the area began to radar the radar to bring home.
At 2 am on December 27, Israeli commandos disassembled the entire P-12 system to await the arrival of two CH-53s. The first helicopter carried the contact vehicle and antenna, while the remaining CH-53 transported a radar system weighing four tons. Both helicopters then flew over the Red Sea to return to Israeli-controlled territory.
The 4-ton radar exceeds the maximum capacity of the CH-53, causing the chopper frame to stretch and the hydraulic conduit punctured. The helicopter commander then faced the option of throwing the P-12 into the sea or losing control of the CH-53, but still landed on the Israeli coast. The pilot controls the radar to land and land on the side, just before losing control of the helicopter.
The remaining CH-53 transported the vehicle and the antenna to a safe base, then returned to P-12. A similar overload occurred, causing the helicopter to crash into the ground. However, the entire P-12 system was safely put on schedule.
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The captured P-12 is on display at the Israeli military museum. Picture: Wikipedia.
Lightning raids killed two Egyptian soldiers, four were taken prisoner, while the Israeli only had one casualty. The Israeli government originally intended to hide the Rooster 53, but decided to announce its development and success after a week.
The P-12 radar detonated and carefully researched, helping Israel develop new repressive measures, neutralizing the threat from the Egyptian air defense system. The complex was later handed over to the US military, similar to Soviet weapons seized by Israel earlier as the S-75 missile.
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