US-Israeli missile war games begin
US warships help simulate missile attacks on Israel during two weeks of exercises.
Published On 21 Oct 2009
Monitoring from the Negev desert, the US-made Forward Based X-band Tactical radar – capable of detecting long-range missiles – will track the Arrow missile system while transmitting data to a US joint tactical ground station.
The war games come as Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, called for an end to “anti-Israel vitriol” at the United Nations.
“Member states must once and for all replace anti-Israeli vitriol with recognition of Israel’s legitimacy and right to exist in peace and security,” she said at a conference in Jerusalem organised by Shimon Peres, the Israeli president .
She also stressed Washington’s commitment to fighting extremism.
Source: News Agencies