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| Israeli watchdog faults missile shield development | |
| 2009-03-03 | |
The Israeli corruption watchdog slams the Defense Ministry for its failure to develop an anti-missile system, countering the rocket-firings.
Lindentrauss's criticism comes amid rocket-firings by Palestinian factions and the army's failure to contain the attacks. The officials slammed the lack of coordination and a flawed decision-making process in the Defense Ministry which has hampered efforts to develop an effective anti-missile system. "Significant errors were found in the decision-making process regarding developing active defense systems against surface-to-surface missiles, errors that could cause development and mobilization of systems that do not satisfy all of the operational needs," he said. The official warned that such handlings of issues could lead to "needless financial expenditures and a waste of time." The Israeli Army also came under fire by Lindentrauss over its failure to take into consideration all of the operational possibilities when devising plans for developing the system. The official also accused Israeli Army Chief Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi of unauthorized funding of the Magic Wand anti-missile system. The two anti-missile systems are supposed to counter rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Israeli has failed to halt the attacks despite fighting a bloody war in December and January that left at least 1300 Palestinians dead. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 If it won't be rockets, it'll be something else. As long as Islam is on the march, Israel will remain one of its prime targets. And Islam will stay belligerent as long as tranzis rule EUbambia. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-03 21:31 |
| #2 The rockets will never stop as long as Gaza exists. The only way to stop them is to totally destroy Gaza, flush out all the "palestinian refugees" (I.E., Arab propaganda population), and annex Gaza to Israel. You'll then have rockets being launched from Egypt, but not as many, and not as often. It'll also give Abbas (or his successor) something to think about other than building up its cadre of suicide bombers. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-03-03 13:42 |
| #1 I keep saying this because I keep believing it. Israel should simply counter every rocket launch with 1000 rockets of basically the same type right back at the neighborhood that launched at Israel. Simple and, I will bet, effective. Launch 10 missiles at Isreal, eat 10,000 in return. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-03-03 00:58 |