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| Israel wants to buy US rocket intercept system |
| 2009-04-22 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Israel wants to buy a rocket intercept system from the United States to protect against militant fire from the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview published in Israeli media on Tuesday. "The Vulcan-Phalanx canons and radar will be part of a multi-layer defense to intercept rockets," Barak told the Haaretz newspaper. "Such defense, as far as I am concerned, is a strategic goal," he said. The system consists of the Raytheon Phalanx radar for targeting rockets and the 20-millimetre Vulcan Gatling gun to shoot them down, with each component costing $25 million (€19 million), Haaretz said. The Phalanx system, designed to shred incoming shells after spotting their launch, could complement the Israeli Iron Dome system that fires small interceptor missiles and is due to be deployed on Gaza's border by 2010. Phalanxes currently in production are earmarked for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan but Barak would ask the Pentagon to free up one unit -- costing $25 million -- for Israel, Haaretz said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Nutshell = despite past and likely future [near-term]military victories, THE STRATEGIC TIMELINE IS AGZ ISRAEL + KAZAKHS AND IN FAVOR OF THE MILITANTS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-22 19:17 |
| #6 WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND KAZAKHISTAN IN WAGING DEFENSIVE WAR AGZ ARMED MILITANTS. THE GROWTH OR EXPANSION OF LOCAL MILITANCY AND VIOLENCE DUE TO RELIGIOUS FACTORS DESPITE SUFFERING REPEATED/ROUTINE DEFEATS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-22 19:15 |
| #5 Turn the Vulcans on the shooters. Mmmmmmmmmmm...hamburger! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-22 09:25 |
| #4 Better to sell it to them, than have them buy it from Chinese hackers. At least that way we can get some of our foreign aid money back. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-04-22 07:55 |
| #3 LS; The area they wish to defend is not large. They should have purchased 6-8 of them two years ago. |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-04-22 01:23 |
| #2 What an idiot. Vulcan is a crap system with an effective range of 1km. |
| Posted by: Large Snerong7311 2009-04-22 01:15 |
| #1 I bet they don't get it. After all, we wouldn't want to offend the Big O's new friends. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-04-22 00:44 |