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Israelis brace for missile firestorm
UPI ^ | 12/6/2010 | UPI

Posted on 12/06/2010 4:02:03 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

For months, military leaders and commentators have been warning Israelis their cities face an unprecedented threat of missile attacks even as the country invests heavily in developing air-defense systems experts say cannot provide adequate protection.

This uncharacteristically downbeat theme was summed up by Maj. Gen. Amod Yadlin, the outgoing chief of Military Intelligence, in a Nov. 21 briefing to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Cabinet.

"Tel Aviv will be a front line in the next conflict," he warned.

A few days earlier, he'd told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that "future wars … will be much bigger, much wider and with many more casualties" than Israelis have experienced before.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airdefense; civildefense; idf; israel; missileattack
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1 posted on 12/06/2010 4:02:06 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Geography does not favor the Israelites. They will need divine intervention.


2 posted on 12/06/2010 4:03:53 PM PST by johniegrad
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Divine intervention in the shape of giant mushrooms.


3 posted on 12/06/2010 4:05:17 PM PST by GeronL
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To: johniegrad

So let it be done.

But you’d think that “civilized” nations would lean hard on whomever is assembling the array of rockets pointed at Israel. Gutless wonders at best, and evil accessories at the core. Just like that deal that we all vowed to “never forget!”


4 posted on 12/06/2010 4:07:21 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: johniegrad

A few glass parking lots where Hesbollah and Hamas scum once launched from would be a nice addition to the Middle East. ... Did you know that the MOABs can make glass?


5 posted on 12/06/2010 4:12:00 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: GeronL

Tel Aviv on the front line????

They need to step out while they potentially have an advantage in that arena.


6 posted on 12/06/2010 4:12:00 PM PST by himno hero
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To: johniegrad

If they can develop an effective layered air defense they can make it.


7 posted on 12/06/2010 4:13:08 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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If they can develop an effective layered air defense they can make it.

Their chances improve tremendously if they nuke Teheran.

8 posted on 12/06/2010 4:14:22 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad

I think that is coming very soon.


9 posted on 12/06/2010 4:15:39 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
For months, military leaders and commentators have been warning Israelis their cities face an unprecedented threat of missile attacks even as the country invests heavily in developing air-defense systems experts say cannot provide adequate protection.

There is no problem that cannot be resolved by the expert use of the correct amount of high explosives. In this case "adequate protection" would be just long enough for Israel to "deal" with the bad guy's firing locations.

10 posted on 12/06/2010 4:23:36 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

The arabs got away with missle attacks because the effectiveness was limited and the terrorists hid among women and children.

They start raining missles down on Tel Aviv, the response will be carpet and fire bombing until nothing moves in the fire zone without being destroyed.


11 posted on 12/06/2010 4:24:56 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
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12 posted on 12/06/2010 4:30:04 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only a lawyer and a painter can change black to white)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
TFPTA (thanks for posting this article)


13 posted on 12/06/2010 4:48:54 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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14 posted on 12/06/2010 4:52:03 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
I can't understand why Israel doesn't clear out Lebanon NOW...and combine that with crippling air strikes against Syria...just to make sure they get the message.

they should also clearly warn Iran, back off or die.

15 posted on 12/06/2010 4:53:17 PM PST by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: GeronL

What you said.


16 posted on 12/06/2010 5:06:39 PM PST by LasVegasMac (What's up with the towel on the head? - 'Ima Target')
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Israel's enemies missed a golden opportunity while the US was under Demonrat control. The new congress might pass a resolution of condemnation if Israel is attacked.
17 posted on 12/06/2010 5:13:17 PM PST by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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Best thing israel can do is tell the un that every arab missile that lands in Israeli territory will be met with one Israeli missile being launched into an arab population center followed by The destruction of the oil fields.


18 posted on 12/06/2010 5:25:50 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Remember March 23, 1775. Remember March 23, 2010)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Israel was crazy to pull out of the Gaza strip and Southern Lebanon. It’s too bad the US put the pressure on them to do that as it makes us somewhat responsible for what is going to happen.


19 posted on 12/06/2010 5:31:24 PM PST by trapped_in_LA
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Maj. Gen. Amod Yadlin, the outgoing chief of Military Intelligence... "Tel Aviv will be a front line in the next conflict," he warned... "future wars ... will be much bigger, much wider and with many more casualties" than Israelis have experienced before.
Thanks ErnstStavroBlofeld.
20 posted on 12/06/2010 5:52:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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