11.13.2008

Haaretz: Construction of Negev missile defense base run by US troops completed

US troops permanently stationed in Israel. Great. No chance of staying out of Israel's conflicts now. - Ed.

Pictures of an American anti-missile radar installed in southern Israel were released earlier this week, depicting a recently completed military base, which will house the first permanent U.S. force to be deployed on Israeli soil.

Construction of the base was completed in the last few days at Mount Keren near the Ketziot prison in the Negev. The star of the show is the new early warning radar system, which is meant to augment Israel's defenses against Iranian ground-to-ground missiles.

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