This story has been out for one week, but has received very little attention. Go Israel!!!
Don
WorldTribune.com
Thursday, October 7, 2010
TEL AVIV — Israel's intelligence community has assessed that the Jewish state was equal to the task of confronting a five-front missile war.
Israeli military intelligence Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin said Israel could face missile salvos from the Gaza Strip, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank. Yadlin said the main target of the four adversaries would be Tel Aviv, regarded as Israel's economic capital, Middle East Newsline reported.
So far, Yadlin said, Israel's military has become stronger than ever. He said Israel's deterrence has also reached unprecedented levels despite the buildup in Iran, Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.
"I need to explain the probability for war and I can safely say that Israel's deterrence and the Israel Defense Forces's might are stronger than ever," Yadlin said. "We do not sit idly by, and we constantly check the situation to see whether this is the calm before the storm or a direct result of our actions."
"They are trying to increase their missile arrays in terms of range and accuracy," Yadlin said.
In an address on Oct. 4, Yadlin said Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran and Syria were amassing huge missile and rocket arsenals for any next war. But the general, scheduled to leave his post over the next few weeks, said missiles would not decide any war against Israel.
"Tens of thousands of missiles are weapons of terror, not the kind you can conquer land or win a war with," Yadlin said.
The intelligence chief said his main challenge has been monitoring both preparations and intent for a war against Israel. He said Iran, which has been developing nuclear weapons, has been the most dangerous threat.
"This is a radical regime which publicly negates Israel's right to exist, calls for its annihilation, denies the Holocaust and calls for acts of terror against it," Yadlin said.
The fifth front could come from the Palestinians in the West Bank. Yadlin said this war could be fought from Palestinian towns and cities.
"We are facing five fronts," Yadlin said. "And we follow each of them closely."
Another senior Israeli commander said the military has sought to increase the nation's readiness for missile attacks. Home Front Command chief Maj. Gen. Yair Golan said the campaign would include preparing civilians for biological, chemical and nuclear attacks.
"Israel has developed capabilities in detection and interception of non-conventional weapons," Golan said. "At this time we do not know if Hizbullah possesses non-conventional weapons, nor do we know about such intentions, but we are prepared for such a situation."
Story source here
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Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Obama said to block attack helicopter upgrades for Israel
WASHINGTON
Monday, February 1, 2010
The administration of President Barack Obama is delaying an upgrade project for Israel's military on the grounds that it could be deployed against Palestinian militants.
Industry sources said the Defense Department has taken measures to slow down an upgrade of Israel's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fleet. The sources said at least three Apache helicopters have been awaiting an upgrade at Boeing, the prime contractor.
"The schedule has been repeatedly delayed because funding from the Pentagon has not arrived," an industry source said.
The sources said the delay of the Apache project stemmed from the White House's concern that Israel was rebuilding its military for another war.
They said President Barack Obama was dismayed by the widespread use of the Apache and other U.S. platforms during the January 2009 war with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
"Everything having to do with Israel's Apache fleet has been delayed by the administration," another source said.
Under the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon finances projects for Israel through annual American aid of $2.4 billion. The sources said Boeing had pledged that the Apache platforms would be overhauled, enhanced and returned to Israel in 2009.
The sources said Israel has also been awaiting Obama's approval for the request to sell at least six new AH-64D Apache Longbows to the Jewish state. They said the Israeli request has been shelved for more than a year.
The administration of President Barack Obama is delaying an upgrade project for Israel's military on the grounds that it could be deployed against Palestinian militants.
Industry sources said the Defense Department has taken measures to slow down an upgrade of Israel's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fleet. The sources said at least three Apache helicopters have been awaiting an upgrade at Boeing, the prime contractor.
"The schedule has been repeatedly delayed because funding from the Pentagon has not arrived," an industry source said.
The sources said the delay of the Apache project stemmed from the White House's concern that Israel was rebuilding its military for another war.
They said President Barack Obama was dismayed by the widespread use of the Apache and other U.S. platforms during the January 2009 war with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
"Everything having to do with Israel's Apache fleet has been delayed by the administration," another source said.
Under the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon finances projects for Israel through annual American aid of $2.4 billion. The sources said Boeing had pledged that the Apache platforms would be overhauled, enhanced and returned to Israel in 2009.
The sources said Israel has also been awaiting Obama's approval for the request to sell at least six new AH-64D Apache Longbows to the Jewish state. They said the Israeli request has been shelved for more than a year.
Story source here
I don't have the words to adequately describe my thoughts concerning everything that's being done against Israel. They know not what they do.
Don
Monday, February 1, 2010
The administration of President Barack Obama is delaying an upgrade project for Israel's military on the grounds that it could be deployed against Palestinian militants.
Industry sources said the Defense Department has taken measures to slow down an upgrade of Israel's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fleet. The sources said at least three Apache helicopters have been awaiting an upgrade at Boeing, the prime contractor.
"The schedule has been repeatedly delayed because funding from the Pentagon has not arrived," an industry source said.
The sources said the delay of the Apache project stemmed from the White House's concern that Israel was rebuilding its military for another war.
They said President Barack Obama was dismayed by the widespread use of the Apache and other U.S. platforms during the January 2009 war with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
"Everything having to do with Israel's Apache fleet has been delayed by the administration," another source said.
Under the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon finances projects for Israel through annual American aid of $2.4 billion. The sources said Boeing had pledged that the Apache platforms would be overhauled, enhanced and returned to Israel in 2009.
The sources said Israel has also been awaiting Obama's approval for the request to sell at least six new AH-64D Apache Longbows to the Jewish state. They said the Israeli request has been shelved for more than a year.
The administration of President Barack Obama is delaying an upgrade project for Israel's military on the grounds that it could be deployed against Palestinian militants.
Industry sources said the Defense Department has taken measures to slow down an upgrade of Israel's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fleet. The sources said at least three Apache helicopters have been awaiting an upgrade at Boeing, the prime contractor.
"The schedule has been repeatedly delayed because funding from the Pentagon has not arrived," an industry source said.
The sources said the delay of the Apache project stemmed from the White House's concern that Israel was rebuilding its military for another war.
They said President Barack Obama was dismayed by the widespread use of the Apache and other U.S. platforms during the January 2009 war with the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
"Everything having to do with Israel's Apache fleet has been delayed by the administration," another source said.
Under the Foreign Military Sales program, the Pentagon finances projects for Israel through annual American aid of $2.4 billion. The sources said Boeing had pledged that the Apache platforms would be overhauled, enhanced and returned to Israel in 2009.
The sources said Israel has also been awaiting Obama's approval for the request to sell at least six new AH-64D Apache Longbows to the Jewish state. They said the Israeli request has been shelved for more than a year.
Story source here
I don't have the words to adequately describe my thoughts concerning everything that's being done against Israel. They know not what they do.
Don
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Israel, US in Joint Military Exercise
10.11.2009
Israel and the United States, amid growing tensions with Iran, will simulate interoperability between missile defense systems this week during the biennial Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise.
The exercise, set to simulate a response in the event of war between Israel, the Islamic republic, Syria and Hizbullah, will begin on Monday and end on Friday. More than 1,000 American troops from the European Command in Stuttgart, Germany have deployed in Israel for the exercise - mostly in the Negev - in addition to some 15 missile ships, some of them carrying the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.
Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, commander of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet, will oversee the exercise alongside senior officers from EUCOM and the US Missile Defense Agency. On the Israeli side, the commander of the exercise will be the new head of the Israel Air Force's Air Defense Division, Brig.-Gen. Doron Gavish.
On Friday, Iranian cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in the Revolutionary Guard, said that if a US or Israeli missile lands in Iran, Iranian missiles will hit Israel in retaliation.
"Should a single American or Zionist missile land in our country, before the dust settles, Iranian missiles will blow up the heart of Israel," Zolnour was quoted as saying by the state IRNA news agency.
In March, Iran's deputy army chief made similar remarks, warning that his country would eliminate Israel if it attacked the Islamic republic.
"Should Israel take any action against Iran, we will eliminate Israel from the scene of the universe," Gen. Muhammad Reza Ashtiani said at the time in Teheran.
Ashtiani claimed Israel was "very vulnerable" and dismissed allegations that Iran was worried about Israeli maneuvers.
"Due to its special conditions, Israel is very vulnerable in the region," he said. "The aggressors will face a crushing response."
The Juniper Cobra exercise will include the Arrow missile defense system as well as three American systems - the THAAD, Aegis and PAC-3 - that will all be deployed in Israel for the duration of the exercise.
The purpose of the exercise, defense officials said, was to ensure that if there were a need, the Israeli Arrow 2 ballistic missile defense system would be capable of working with American systems that might be deployed here to bolster Israeli defenses.
Israel is in the midst of developing a multi-layered missile system that starts with the Arrow for long-range missiles; the David's Sling for medium-range missiles, that is currently under development and will be operational in a few years; and the Iron Dome to counter short-range rockets, which will be deployed along the Gaza border in the coming year.
According to some media reports, Juniper Cobra will involve limited live fire from the Israeli and US defense systems. Israeli defense officials would not confirm the reports, but said that it was possible that, following the exercise, the US would decide to leave in Israel some of the systems, most likely the Patriot PAC-3 defense system.
Expectations in Israel are that the US will deploy several Aegis ballistic missile ships - which are capable of intercepting ballistic missiles - in the Mediterranean and Red seas. Israel is already home to the advanced X-Band radar that the Bush administration gave as a farewell gift last October.010.11.2009
From the JPost.
Israel and the United States, amid growing tensions with Iran, will simulate interoperability between missile defense systems this week during the biennial Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise. The exercise, set to simulate a response in the event of war between Israel, the Islamic republic, Syria and Hizbullah, will begin on Monday and end on Friday. More than 1,000 American troops from the European Command in Stuttgart, Germany have deployed in Israel for the exercise - mostly in the Negev - in addition to some 15 missile ships, some of them carrying the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.
Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, commander of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet, will oversee the exercise alongside senior officers from EUCOM and the US Missile Defense Agency. On the Israeli side, the commander of the exercise will be the new head of the Israel Air Force's Air Defense Division, Brig.-Gen. Doron Gavish.
On Friday, Iranian cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in the Revolutionary Guard, said that if a US or Israeli missile lands in Iran, Iranian missiles will hit Israel in retaliation.
"Should a single American or Zionist missile land in our country, before the dust settles, Iranian missiles will blow up the heart of Israel," Zolnour was quoted as saying by the state IRNA news agency.
In March, Iran's deputy army chief made similar remarks, warning that his country would eliminate Israel if it attacked the Islamic republic.
"Should Israel take any action against Iran, we will eliminate Israel from the scene of the universe," Gen. Muhammad Reza Ashtiani said at the time in Teheran.
Ashtiani claimed Israel was "very vulnerable" and dismissed allegations that Iran was worried about Israeli maneuvers.
"Due to its special conditions, Israel is very vulnerable in the region," he said. "The aggressors will face a crushing response."
The Juniper Cobra exercise will include the Arrow missile defense system as well as three American systems - the THAAD, Aegis and PAC-3 - that will all be deployed in Israel for the duration of the exercise.
The purpose of the exercise, defense officials said, was to ensure that if there were a need, the Israeli Arrow 2 ballistic missile defense system would be capable of working with American systems that might be deployed here to bolster Israeli defenses.
Israel is in the midst of developing a multi-layered missile system that starts with the Arrow for long-range missiles; the David's Sling for medium-range missiles, that is currently under development and will be operational in a few years; and the Iron Dome to counter short-range rockets, which will be deployed along the Gaza border in the coming year.
According to some media reports, Juniper Cobra will involve limited live fire from the Israeli and US defense systems. Israeli defense officials would not confirm the reports, but said that it was possible that, following the exercise, the US would decide to leave in Israel some of the systems, most likely the Patriot PAC-3 defense system.
Expectations in Israel are that the US will deploy several Aegis ballistic missile ships - which are capable of intercepting ballistic missiles - in the Mediterranean and Red seas. Israel is already home to the advanced X-Band radar that the Bush administration gave as a farewell gift last October.010.11.2009
From the JPost.
Baruch atem b'Shem, Yeshua
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Israel's arsenal of nuclear power
This interactive map of Israel's strategic weapons program showing air bases, strategic weapons plants and missile facilities is based on interviews with U.S. Intelligence Officials and Nuclear experts.
However, I do have to wonder how this much information on supposedly "secret" sites is so readily available, and if it's complete or accurate.
Israel's arsenal
On the map, click on a symbol or location for specific information. Then, click on up/down arrows to view full description.
Don
However, I do have to wonder how this much information on supposedly "secret" sites is so readily available, and if it's complete or accurate.
Israel's arsenal
On the map, click on a symbol or location for specific information. Then, click on up/down arrows to view full description.
Don
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