Posted on 09/28/2006 5:43:58 AM PDT by ruready4eternity
In October 1973, with its forces battling to repel invasions by Egypt and Syria, Israel did what had previously been unthinkable: It briefly wheeled its nuclear-capable Jericho-1 missiles out of their secret silos.
That, historians believe, was picked up by U.S. spy satellites and stirred up fears in Washington of a catastrophic flare-up between the Jewish state and the Soviet-backed Arabs. Message received, an urgent American shipment of conventional arms to Israel was quick to follow, and helped turn the war.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.co.uk ...
Pat Robertson needs to get in some more hot water and "put out the call" if you know what I mean :))
The Israelis also have missle armed submarines probably nuclear capable. I have heard that in a doomsday scenario Mecca is on the target list for Israeli missles.
bump.
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