Amid contradictory reports || Israel, U.S. carry out joint missile test in the Mediterranean

Haaretz.com ^ | 9/3/2013 | Gili Cohen, Reuters and Jack Khoury

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Amid contradictory reports Israel, U.S. carry out joint missile test in the Mediterranean. Russia had detected the launch of two ballistic 'objects' toward the sea, Russian media reported earlier; U.S. Navy earlier denied having any involvement in the launch

Israel and the U.S. carried out a missile test in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, Israel's Defense Ministry said in a statement, amid rising tensions in the region over the crisis in Syria.

The confirmation came after morning reports indicated that Russia had detected two ballistic "objects" launched toward the eastern Mediterranean from the central part of the same and a U.S. denial that its navy had been involved.

The Arrow III missle defense system was tested with a "sparrow" missle, which simulates a ballistic missle, and is launched from a plane, during the exercise.

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[taxcontrol]

I’m thinking it was at least a double test. Test the missile defense and test the Russians to see if they can see.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Laissez-faire capitalist.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Tthanks for the ping.

[Marine_Uncle]

Perhaps we should be careful to distinguish in what these joint test produce,
and what significance they might have regarding the present issues with Syria.