The friendly US Administration refused Israeli request for integrating her missile warning system with the American satellite-based one. but after the years of diplomatic battles – and months of very intensive battles – agreed to deploy the US warning stations in the Negev. Those stations will be manned by American personnel.
The new facilities would increase the warning range from the current 500 to 1,200 miles, and allow Israel enough time to react to Iranian missile launches. The deployment is scheduled for early 2009 but would be delayed as usual.
The project’s purpose is unclear. It can be both a way of comforting Israel into living with nuclear Iran, and the means to counter the Iran’s retaliatory strike after Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.
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