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| U.S. gives Israel missile detecting technology |
| 2008-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States will provide Israel with a radar system used to detect and track missile and rocket attacks, a senior Pentagon official told CNN Tuesday. The official said the U.S. assistance will include an agreement to facilitate the sharing of U.S. "early warning" launch data and technical and financial help developing defenses against shorter range rockets and mortars. The technology is called X-band frequency, which has microwave range and provides for ultra-high very precise resolution. It is able to distinguish between real missiles, decoys and debris. The technology would be running before "the new [U.S.] administration arrives" in January, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, according to Israel's Haaretz newspaper. The plan for assistance was announced after Barak met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday. At Tuesday's Pentagon briefing, spokesman Geoff Morrell said, "What we are committed to is exploring additional defensive capabilities for Israel." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 OOPSIES, forgot to include from IRNA > EGYPT-NAM -GABR > EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL: INDEPENDENT STATE SHOULD BE SET UP WITH QUDS AS ITS CAPITAL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 18:27 |
| #11 IRNA > AHMADINEJAD: GLOBAL ARROGANCE [Arrogant Nations = USA] LOSING ITS BASES INCH BY INCH TO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES. Also from IRNA > IRAN SEES NO LIMITES TO TIES WITH BOLIVIA; + TOPIX > IRAN SEEKS TO EXPAND DIPLOMATIC, TRADE TIES WITH SOUTH AMERICA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 18:25 |
| #10 Elder, Tehran and several other middle eastern cities would be smoking holes in the ground should a nuke or any sort ever go off in this country, paticularly if it were a "non-traceable" AQ nuke. You are naive if you believe otherwise. Rather huge supposition that they could smuggle the nukes in here in the first place. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-07-30 16:14 |
| #9 I think Elder is right. Bush is whimping out on Iran and letting Israel hold the wall. If BO wins, then Israel stands alone. Maybe I will vote for that jerk McCain after all. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-07-30 14:04 |
| #8 Well, one can only hope that that this new tech, protects the Zionist party from destruction... These kinds of military moves are just the ticket for shaking of neo cold war reactions from China and Russia. |
| Posted by: mac g only 2008-07-30 11:21 |
| #7 Missile detecting technology my ass ! Bush and more specifically Bob Gates have now deserted Israel to handle the Iranian nuke threat alone. Thats fine as Bush doesn't owe us anything and is committed to his political survival and American interests in Iraq. I hope Bush (and Bob) would not bitch when we either nuke the hell out of Iran contrary to American interests or take other steps which would not exactly vibe with short term interests of the US. Anyhow- after Iran has 8-12 nukes (which seems to be perfectly acceptable to Dubia and Bob), the next Iranian step (after nuking Tel Aviv) would be to smuggle five 10 KIiloton nuclear suitcases into NY Boston LA, SF and Philadelphia and hold Bush or his Dhimicrat successor in the testicles for extreme consessions to Islam. (such a step would never be traced back to Iran because it would be done by Al Kaida cells under top secrecy like the iranians have used Hizballa against the US and Israel in the past). Neverthless- by the time the true Americans wake up, the American economy would be over the edge for the next 20 years (or forever - taking into account that Europistan, China and Russia are hiding around the corner and praying for weakening of American hegemony so to the benefit of their own economies and power). Just imagine 10 million nuclear casualties simultaneously - taken of the most technologically saavy and highly skilled and Five American cities. My advice: 1) Sell your stock and buy gold. 2) Buy a few acres in New Zealand. 3) Learn Arabic 4) Get a copy of the Koran - it may become a good investment in the near future 5) Get Burkas for your daughters. 6) Prepare to die (My name is Inigo Montoya....) |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2008-07-30 11:11 |
| #6 US X-Band radar for early Iranian missile detection, but no US involvement in any Israeli attack DEBKAfile Special Report July 30, 2008, 11:06 AM (GMT+02:00) US FBX radar The United States agreed to link Israel up to two advanced missile detection systems against potential attack by a nuclear-armed Iran, Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday night, July 30, at the end of his Washington talks. But US officials made it clear that, while prepared to help Israel defend itself against Iranian missile retaliation, they are determined not to be involved in any Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that Washington would deliver within six months “before the new US administration arrives” in January, a powerful forward-based X-band FBX-T radar. Increased access to its Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites, which spot missile launches, would take longer. By putting a time frame around delivery, the Bush administration holds off a possible Israeli attack on Iran for as long as possible. Barak’s talks with Vice President Dick Cheney, defense secretary Robert Gates and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice ended in agreement for Washington to deliver: 1.The transportable FBX-T radar system built by Raytheon Co. which, by providing early and accurate target-tracing and signature data, enlarges the effective battle space of missile interceptors. US officials say it can track an object the size of a baseball from about 4,700 km, and can be launched from air, sea or land. It would allow the Israeli Arrow anti-missile system to engage an incoming Iranian Shehab-3 ballistic missile about halfway through its estimated 11-minute flight. This would give a potentially targeted Israeli population five minutes to prepare for an Iranian missile hit. This would make up for the deficiency of Arrow’s Green Pine radar, which can detect a missile launch in Iran only after it enters the atmosphere on its way to its Israeli target. 2. Increased access to the US Defense Support System (DSP) satellites, which spot missile launches, would help Israel cover the first 5.5 minutes of a Shehab is firing. |
| Posted by: Legolas 2008-07-30 09:46 |
| #5 ION TOPIX > JIHADIST CELL DIRECTED TO STRIKE AT CANADA, US CHRISTIANS; + SAFE CONFRONTATION [War]: IRAN'S STRATEGY AND THE ARABS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 03:26 |
| #4 Well you can bet the Chinese will have it soon to then. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-07-30 03:25 |
| #3 Nothings for free. |
| Posted by: Spairt Lumplump3078 2008-07-30 02:49 |
| #2 so...for free, then? I'm no anti-semite, but I just can't understand why we keep giving them hightech stuff for free. It's not like they're broke, either. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-07-30 00:51 |
| #1 As long as they hook it up to counter battery fire that can respond in a minute or less, I think it's a great idea. Failing that, just get a fix on the approximate city where the missiles came from and start a rolling barrage. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-30 00:17 |