IDF Preparing For US Missile Systems

Photo: The X-Band Radar. Photo: Courtesy

From The Jerusalem Post:

The Defense Ministry is preparing for the possibility that the United States will decide to leave missile defense systems in Israel following a joint missile defense exercise the two countries will hold next month, senior officials said Sunday.

While the US has yet to announce that it will leave systems in place here, the possibility is strong, one official said, particularly in light of reports that the Pentagon was conducting a review of its European missile shield and was leaning towards deploying the systems in Turkey.

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My Comment: The Israelis seem very sure of themselves. They must have been told either directly and/or through back channels, and are now making their positive comments known publicly.

This also fits into President Obama's intentions to deploy the missile defense system away from Europe to mollify the Russians. The Europeans are probably not happy about this, and are probably not going to trust this President in any security agreement in the future.