Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Israel drills sought Iran defense info


Press TV

"Israel's military exercise in June was reportedly conducted to put to test the Russian-made air-defense missile system supplied to Iran.

According to a report, the early June Israeli air force maneuver over Greece was aimed at gathering information in a bid to develop tactics to beat the advanced Russian-made S-300 air-defense missile system believed to be on the way to Iran.

The multi-target anti-aircraft/missile systems have reportedly been deployed to the Greek island of Crete.

Earlier in June, a New York Times report revealed that over 100 Israeli F-16s and F-15s flew more than 900 miles off the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, roughly the distance from Israeli airfields to Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities......."

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