Massive US-Israel air defense drill set for October
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
10/10/2012 01:23
The US and Israel will commence the largest-ever joint air defense drill of its kind in Israel on October 21, an army source said on Tuesday.
The exercise, named Austere Challenge 12, was originally scheduled for last spring but was postponed due to regional tensions with Iran.
On October 14, large numbers of American soldiers are expected to begin arriving in Israel, where they will set up aerial defense positions on Israeli territory and on US Navy vessels off the Israeli coastline.
The three-week drill will simulate various missile defense scenarios, and is expected to end with a live-fire interception of a decoy incoming Patriot missile.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=287188
'If attacked, Iran's response would be crushing'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
10/09/2012 15:07
Iranian president Ahmadinejad admits the "possibility of an attack against Iran cannot be ignored," according to Fars news agency.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday admitted the possibility that his country could be attacked, but warned that an Iranian response would be crushing, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
"The possibility of (an) attack against Iran cannot be ignored," Ahmadinejad said in a televised interview. "But it can be said that Iran's response to any aggression will be crushing."
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=287118
US report: Israel-US discussing joint Iran attack
By HERB KEINON
10/09/2012 19:31
Israel and the US are considering a joint surgical strike targeting Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, according to a report in Foreign Policy magazine that appeared Monday, soon after Republican candidate Mitt Romney slammed US President Barack Obama’s Iran policy.
“Iran today has never been closer to a nuclear weapons capability,” Romney said in a foreign policy address delivered at the Virginia Military Institute. “And it has never acted less deterred by America.”
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=287148
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
10/10/2012 01:23
The US and Israel will commence the largest-ever joint air defense drill of its kind in Israel on October 21, an army source said on Tuesday.
The exercise, named Austere Challenge 12, was originally scheduled for last spring but was postponed due to regional tensions with Iran.
On October 14, large numbers of American soldiers are expected to begin arriving in Israel, where they will set up aerial defense positions on Israeli territory and on US Navy vessels off the Israeli coastline.
The three-week drill will simulate various missile defense scenarios, and is expected to end with a live-fire interception of a decoy incoming Patriot missile.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=287188
'If attacked, Iran's response would be crushing'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
10/09/2012 15:07
Iranian president Ahmadinejad admits the "possibility of an attack against Iran cannot be ignored," according to Fars news agency.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday admitted the possibility that his country could be attacked, but warned that an Iranian response would be crushing, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
"The possibility of (an) attack against Iran cannot be ignored," Ahmadinejad said in a televised interview. "But it can be said that Iran's response to any aggression will be crushing."
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=287118
US report: Israel-US discussing joint Iran attack
By HERB KEINON
10/09/2012 19:31
Israel and the US are considering a joint surgical strike targeting Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, according to a report in Foreign Policy magazine that appeared Monday, soon after Republican candidate Mitt Romney slammed US President Barack Obama’s Iran policy.
“Iran today has never been closer to a nuclear weapons capability,” Romney said in a foreign policy address delivered at the Virginia Military Institute. “And it has never acted less deterred by America.”
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=287148
