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| Iran regularly announces progress in its domestically built military equipment and routinely holds military exercises to display its readiness in the face of perceived threats by the U.S. and Israel. Iranian military officials announced in September … See all stories on this topic » |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks finished modestly higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 up for a fourth session, although volume was one of the year's lowest on the day ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors welcomed news that a ceasefire was declared to end the flare-up in violence between Israel and the Palestinians, though the lack of a deal to release emergency aid for Greece limited the market's advance. …
| THUNDER BAY – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israel to exercise “maximum restraint” in its operation focused on Gaza, saying in Jerusalem that the loss of civilian lives was “unacceptable under any circumstances. See all stories on this topic » |
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. military and the Israel Defense Forces concluded Austere Challenge 2012, called the largest joint exercise ever held by the two countries. The exercise ended Tuesday, following a two-day, live-fire exercise, which was deemed …
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Monday's launches were the last stage of Austere Challenge 12, which began last month, a training exercise designed to increase military cooperation between the United States and Israel. The three-week exercise which involves more than 2,500 American …
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Israeli and U.S. troops began their largest-ever joint aerial defense exercise Oct. 21. Austere Challenge 12 is part of a training exercise designed to increase military cooperation between the United States and Israel. Its planning began more than two …
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U.S. military officials insisted the joint exercise, called Austere Challenge 2012, was planned long before the latest flare-up between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza and a long-running debate over how to deal with Iran, unrelated to specific threats …
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| The three-week exercise will test Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' much-vaunted Iron Dome counter-rocket system, which has seen action against Palestinian militants, the high-altitude Arrow weapon developed by Israel Aerospace Industries and Boeing … See all stories on this topic » |
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Simultaneously, the IDF and the US Army have begun performing a massive military exercise called “Austere Challenge 12?. This exercise is meant to simulate an air-based attack on Israel, and subsequently defending against it. This exercise will run …
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| More than 1,000 US troops are arriving in Israel for what promises to be the largest joint military exercise between the two countries ever held. The focus is on ballistic missile defence. A variety of Israeli anti-ballistic missile systems will be … See all stories on this topic » |
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According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. has pledged $30 million to the exercise and the Israelis estimated their exercise costs at 30 million shekels — around $7.9 million. Israelis are prepared – and not – for an Iran attack. The drill …
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JERUSALEM — The first of 1,000 United States troops have begun to arrive in Israel to take part in a joint missile-defense exercise, which the lead American planner described on Wednesday as the largest in the history of the two countries …
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