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| Some 200,000 missiles aimed consistently at Israel, top IDF officer says |
| 2012-02-03 |
| About 200,000 missiles are aimed at Israel at any given time, a top Israel Defense Forces officer said on Thursday, adding that Iran's ability to obtain nuclear weapons was solely dependent on the will of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The remarks by Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi came after IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that the threats facing Israel have increased and intensified in recent years due to regional instability. Speaking to the Herzliya Conference, Gantz said that Iran's nuclear program is a "global problem and a regional problem," adding that Tehran's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons must continue to be disrupted. On Thursday, Kochavi, speaking at the opening session of the Herzliya Conference's closing day, spoke of the growing threats Israel was facing: "a more hostile, more Islamic, more sensitive Middle East, one more attune to public sentiment, less controlled by the regimes, and less susceptible to international influence." The chief of military intelligence then indicated that about 200,000 missiles were aimed at Israel at any given time, adding, however, that "Israel's military deterrence is intact." Referring to Israel's concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Kochavi presented a relatively tame estimation of a possible timeline en route to an Iranian atomic bomb, saying that the project depended more on the will of Iran's Supreme Leader than on any technological advancement. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 As per HUGO CHAVEZ, unfortunately futurist LAND, ISLAND-SINKING "EARTHQUAKE/SEISMIC/TECTONIC" BOMBS would be mostly non-discriminatory = non-selective in the casualties caused, espec in relation to Air-based EMP Weapons. DEDICATED EQ BOMBS MAY NOT HAVE THE DETERRENT EFFECT AGZ USAGE THAT NUCWEAPS HISTORICALLY HAVE, + will destroy both the Military + Econ value of its Target + peripheral Region(s), as it places the costs burden of recovery + rebuilding on an Enemy. Undoubtedly, many World countries includ Nuclear Powers will deem such NT + Weaps Sys as inherently "destabilizing", which in trun infers that any country employing such will mainly do so COVERTLY, ee as A PDENIABLE, MILPOL OPERATION-OTHER-THAN-WAR [OOTW]. E.g. D *** NG IT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CATEGORICALLY UNDENIABLY .... A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE NUCPLANT OR MIL, NUKE DEPOT "ACCIDENT" AR RANDOM, NOT A WILY DASTARDLY EQ BOMB(S) DELIBERAT PLANTED BY FOREIGN SPECOPS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-02-03 23:28 |
| #2 I wonder how big a seismic shock would be needed to prematurely detonate a missile warhead that is stored underground? Would have to happen at night, wouldn't want to blow up all the schools that those shining example of humanity hid them beneath. They would have to explain the hospitals. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2012-02-03 16:07 |
| #1 On Thursday, Kochavi, speaking at the opening session of the Herzliya Conference's closing day, spoke of the growing threats Israel was facing: "a more hostile, more Islamic, more sensitive Middle East, one more attune to public sentiment, less controlled by the regimes, and less susceptible to international influence." It's that Arab Spring thingy. If you thought Mubarak, Qadaffy and Assad were bad, wait till you meet their replacements. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-02-03 14:13 |