Post by Paddy by Grace on May 14, 2009 7:55:03 GMT -7
Israeli analysts: Iran's missiles not an existential threat to Israel
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026085.php
May 12, 2009
Israeli analysts: Iran's missiles not an existential threat to Israel
All that stuff about "wiping Israel off the map" and talking stones and trees helping Muslims kill Jews in the end times -- it's just for "effect," nothing "existential" there. "Iran's missiles not an existential threat, study says," by Amos Harel for Haaretz, May 12 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
Iran is currently capable of carrying out a conventional missile attack on Israel - a substantial but not existential threat, say two Israeli analysts who will present their research on Tehran's missile capacity tomorrow. The analysts consider Iran's missile arsenal its main deterrent and describe the country's significant investments in the area.
The research was carried out by Uzi Rubin, former head of the Defense Ministry's Homa Project (code for the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system), and Tal Inbar, head of the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies.
The two studies will be presented at an annual conference at the institute, which this year is dedicated to the missile and rocket threat on Israel.
The analysts' assessments are particularly relevant given estimates that Tehran is moving closer to acquiring a nuclear capability. The Western media is also speculating that Israel might carry out an attack against Iran's nuclear installations.
Rubin notes that while moderate Arab states emphasize air power, Iran and Syria (and by extension Hamas and Hezbollah) are adopting a "resistance" doctrine giving priority to missiles and rockets as the best response to Western air superiority...
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026085.php
May 12, 2009
Israeli analysts: Iran's missiles not an existential threat to Israel
All that stuff about "wiping Israel off the map" and talking stones and trees helping Muslims kill Jews in the end times -- it's just for "effect," nothing "existential" there. "Iran's missiles not an existential threat, study says," by Amos Harel for Haaretz, May 12 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
Iran is currently capable of carrying out a conventional missile attack on Israel - a substantial but not existential threat, say two Israeli analysts who will present their research on Tehran's missile capacity tomorrow. The analysts consider Iran's missile arsenal its main deterrent and describe the country's significant investments in the area.
The research was carried out by Uzi Rubin, former head of the Defense Ministry's Homa Project (code for the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system), and Tal Inbar, head of the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies.
The two studies will be presented at an annual conference at the institute, which this year is dedicated to the missile and rocket threat on Israel.
The analysts' assessments are particularly relevant given estimates that Tehran is moving closer to acquiring a nuclear capability. The Western media is also speculating that Israel might carry out an attack against Iran's nuclear installations.
Rubin notes that while moderate Arab states emphasize air power, Iran and Syria (and by extension Hamas and Hezbollah) are adopting a "resistance" doctrine giving priority to missiles and rockets as the best response to Western air superiority...