The Saar 6 missile boat’s highly advanced radar systems were used successfully in March 2021 to help track an Iranian attack drone and to facilitate assigning a specific F-35 aircraft to shoot down the incoming drone.

Although the incident was previously announced, now is the first time that it has been revealed that the method for having identified and tracked the attack drone was via an Israeli naval vessel.

Until now, many had theorized that either land-based or aerial-based Israeli radar had caught the Iranian attack drone, especially since an F-35 aircraft had shot it down.

However, it is now clear that the F-35 aircraft only did so after being assigned to do so through intelligence provided by the Navy.

Other revelations about Israeli missile boats

This revelation comes along with other revelations regarding Israeli missile boats, including that they and other Israeli naval vessels – as well as US naval vessels – were involved for two weeks in mid-2022 to prepare for setting up the critical new Karish natural gas field.