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Clearing the Decks for Action: Millions To Be Spent Hardening Critical Systems

2012-08-01

Fortification of water, power, facilities to begin next week at companies' expense; Home Front Command to oversee project

The fortification of dozens of critical infrastructure facilities, including water, power, oil refineries and communication towers, is set to begin next week, Ynet learned Tuesday.

The massive project, headed by a designated Home Front Command division is estimated at tens of millions of shekels -- a cost carried in full by the companies undergoing the security upgrade. The facilities in question have been defined by the government as "strategic facilities" that may be targeted in an event of a military strike against Israel.

The project, which includes the use of reinforced concrete alongside other protective measures, aims to see the facilities either withstand a hit completely or sustain "containable damage," i.e. -- provide them with the ability to resume regular activity as soon as possible.

The project will be headed by the National Infrastructure Division -- a new department formed in the Home Front Command.

The division is headed by an officer holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel who, in concert with a team of specialists, will map out Israel's critical infrastructure facilities and outline their necessary fortification. The new division will also help the facilities ward off cyber-attacks.

The first phase of the project is set to start next week. The cabinet will vote on the second phase, which is set to include 15 facilities, in two weeks.

Posted by:trailing wife

#4 Hardening the US infrastructure - such as burying electrical and phone lines - would have been a much better use for the stimulus money.

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-08-01 18:30

#3 Already done, How about Urban Affairs Czar? Roll up all those kids who want to qualify for college loan forgiveness, spend a year in education camp, then 2 years refitting and repairing blight urban neighborhoods and/or natural disaster relief, then pass a verbal test conducted by a panal of three select judges covering such issues as poverty, racial equality, urban planning and justice. Certain members may be selected to be approached for future education camp instructors, others will be allowed to continue on to college with some requiring additional social program education or further two year re-inlistment. Give it, oh, about the same funding as Defense.

Or you can pay for college yourself, but you must live off-campus and cannot use a vehicle on-campus as you would be taking the spot of someone your lecherously greedy forefathers or worse, youself, took wealth from already you rich bst'd. Any lip and we make you wear a special hat.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-08-01 15:59

#2 I thought for a second the US Prez had appointed a new Home Front Command Czar. We shouldn't give him any ideas.

Posted by: Bobby 2012-08-01 12:12

#1 Nice - and formally JOINING NATO???

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-01 01:37

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