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IDF deploys Patriot missile batteries in city of Haifa
07/15/2006 1:30:57 PM EDT · 1 reply · 28+ views
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Haaretz.com ^ | 20:09 [local] 15/07/2006 | Yuval Azoulay, Amos Harel and Yoav Stern
For the first time since the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the Israel Defense Forces has deployed Patriot missile batteries in Haifa. The missile defense system cannot destroy Katyusha rockets - hundreds of which have been fired at Israel from Lebanon in recent days - but could protect against surface-to-surface missiles, such as those possessed by Syria, the army said.
492 posted on 07/15/2006 10:38:17 AM PDT by theophilusscribe
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