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US, Israel to launch largest war game
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Wednesday, Oct 21st, 2009
Israel and the United States plan to begin their
largest-ever joint war exercise on Wednesday to simulate possible
missile attacks on Israel.
The Juniper Cobra air defense drill will involve some 1,000
troops from the US European Command and the same number of Israeli
soldiers, the Israeli army said in a Tuesday statement.
The 16-day war game, which was originally scheduled to start
last week, will also test the Israeli Arrow (Hetz) missile defense
system together with three US systems, including the Terminal
High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), the ship-based Aegis Ballistic
Missile Defense System, as well as Patriot and Hawk anti-aircraft
systems.
The US has also dispatched 17 warships, including those planned
to fire dummy projectiles to test defenses, and radar ships
that will play an integral part in the exercise.
The US-made Forward Based X-band Tactical radar, capable of
detecting long-range missiles, has been erected in the Negev
and will work along with the Arrow missile system, while also
transmitting data to a US joint tactical ground station.
The Israeli army claims the fifth biennial Juniper Cobra drill
is not in response to any world events, but is 'part of a routine
training cycle designed to improve the interoperability of both
air defense systems'.
The drills will simulate the firing of long-range missiles
against Israel, and towards the end will include a 'live missile
interception', the Yediot Aharonot daily reported.
The air drill is based on expectations that the United States
will provide Israel with missile defense systems that will operate
alongside Israel's Arrow 2 system in the event of a war, the
paper added.
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