U.S. Aid Enables New Israeli National Missile Defense Center

Ariela Fleisig — June 21, 2011 – 3:03 pm | Foreign Policy | Israel | Military Comments (0) Add a comment

Israel is building a national missile defense command and control center with the Pentagon’s help, Globes’ Ran Dagoni reports. According to Dagoni:

Senior US officials say that this initiative will not only benefit Israel but also US forces stationed in the Middle East and ‘US allies that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel.’

The defense system will integrate key missile defense systems for both long- and short-range missiles and rockets, including the Arrow 2, Arrow 3, Iron Dome, and David’s Sling systems. The center will also be equipped with an improved version of the US-developed Patriot missiles.

Dagoni wrote:

Pentagon Missile Defense Agency director Lt. General Patrick O’Reilly told Defense News that the Israeli national command and control center for intercepting missiles would also help the US and its partners in the region to defend themselves against the Iranian threat. He said that all sides benefited from the maneuvers, trials and hundreds of simulations of hardware systems that were being funded jointly by the Israel and US.

Click here to read the full Globes article.

Click here and here to read more about the U.S.‘s missile defense partnership with Israel.

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