Originally Posted by
B Fraser
IIRC, they are using powered paragliders. Fly a helicopter over the top and the wing will collapse.
Certainly -
IF one knows the attack is coming, and is prepared.
This was a coordinated multi-prong (air, sea, land)
surprise assault in force - at dawn - in parallel with heavy rocket fire (which tends to make for unhealthy airspace). The paragliders were likely in the air for 5 minutes or so, and were no doubt intended to be a one-way ride - get in fast, commit mayhem, get out on foot (or die trying).
Not so much an Air
Force as Air Cav(alry) in miniature.
Of note, Israel's first air response to the assault took 3
hours (fixed-wing bombing attacks into Gaza).