Israel's "Iron Dome" Missile Defense System Delayed Until Next Year

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Israel Delays Its Deployment of 'Iron Dome' -- Defense News/AFP

JERUSALEM - Israel is to delay the deployment of its "Iron Dome" multimillion-dollar missile defense system until next year, a military source said Nov. 8.

The defense ministry had said in July that the Iron Dome interceptor, designed to combat rocket threats from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, would become operational in November.

But the source told AFP the military had now decided to push back its deployment until the first quarter of 2011, to allow more time to train those operating the highly complex system.

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Update: IDF decides to store, not deploy, Iron Dome system -- Jerusalem Post

My Comment: This is very suspicious. The threat is now, and such a system should be deployed yesterday. To say that the system will be delayed because of training issues is incomprehensible .... if that is the case I would be training the personnel 24/7, and I am sure that they (knowing the threat) would not object. But this is not the case .... hmmmm .... something else is happening here, but what .... I have no idea. At least they are focusing on this system, but will they also store it when the personnel are not available to operate it? As I said .... much of what is happening in Israel is now contradictory.