Sunday, November 23, 2008

U.S./ISRAEL: US to activate anti-missile radar in Israel

A radar system, which the United States agreed in July to deploy in Israel to counter a perceived missile threat from Iran, is to go operational in mid-December, army radio reported on Saturday. The US military technicians who will operate the system are currently carrying out the final tests, the radio said. The radar system, which has a range of more than 2,000 kilometres, has been installed in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Some 120 US troops have been deployed to Israel to set up and operate the system, public radio reported in late September...(The News International).

Full Article: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=148477

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