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  • Israeli pilots prep to fight Iran's SAMs

    11/24/2009 10:38:28 PM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 20 replies · 1,120+ views
    Space War ^ | 11/24/2009 | Staff Writers Via UPI
    As Iran tests the capabilities of its air defense systems in nationwide exercises, the Israeli air force is reported to be planning special seminars to prepare its attack pilots to cope with heavy surface-to-air missile defenses. According to The Jerusalem Post, the sessions will encompass "future conflict with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran" in which air force crews will "have to deal with an unprecedented number of surface-to-air missiles, most of them Russian-made." None of these adversaries is considered to pose an overwhelming air-defense threat, although Israeli intelligence believes that Iran has supplied some shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to the Palestinian...