US ups ante, sends anti-missile ship to israel
Some people just don't know when to stop.
The U.S. Navy has sent an Aegis missile defense ship to Israel.The USS San Jacinto has arrived in the Israeli port of Haifa as part of U.S.-Israel naval cooperation. San Jacinto contains the Aegis missile defense system, designed to intercept medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles developed by Iran and North Korea.
San Jacinto, a Ticonderoga-class vessel, docked in Haifa on Feb. 4 and was scheduled to remain in the port for three days. Officials said Israel Navy officers would tour the Aegis cruiser and receive briefings on the missile defense system.
Aegis, which contains the Spy-1A radar, has been developed by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. company has briefed Israel on Aegis as an option to enhance the nation's missile defense network.
In 2003, Israel and the United States held the first missile defense exercise that included Aegis. Since then, Aegis was said to have become interoperable with Israel's Arrow-2 missile defense system.
Officials expect the U.S. Navy to increase visits to Israel in wake of a decision by Russia to reestablish a presence in the Mediterranean. The first U.S. Navy vessel arrived in Israel in late 2007 after an absence of six years.
Two can play that game.
Expect Russia (and maybe China) to respond in kind.
You got to love that site qrs, http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/
On the same page as your link, 2 nice headlines
" What NIE? McConnell see possible Iran nuke by late next year"
"China brokered sale of F-14 spare parts to Iran "
So if you ever wondered what sites were sponsored by Bush's $1.6B for fake news, I dare say that the above mentioned, qualifies royally
Those who have had enough of ziostan's supremest genocidal tactics need only load their missiles with powdered depleted uranium (nuclear waste) and send them on their way. If the anti-missile system works, ziostan will be an aerially contaminated wasteland with six million dead and dying ziostaniacs begging for treatment in the countries of the west.
Since America thought nothing about contaminating Serbia, Afghanistan, and Iraq with depleted uranium, this will be totally justified.
The only problem with that scenario (nuking Israel or bombarding it with aerosolised DU) is that the Palestinians would get it too. A massive 'shock and awe' bombing campaign on an unprecedented scale using conventional weapons with huge payloads would be a better way to deal with Israel. A "surgical strike" if you will, since it'd be cutting out the malignant melanoma from the epidermis of planet Earth, before the cancer spreads.