The US and Israel will commence the largest-ever joint air defense drill of its kind in Israel on October 21, an army source said on Tuesday.
The exercise, named Austere Challenge 12, was originally scheduled for last spring but was postponed due to regional tensions with Iran.
On October 14, large numbers of American soldiers are expected to begin arriving in Israel, where they will set up aerial defense positions on Israeli territory and on US Navy vessels off the Israeli coastline.
The three-week drill will simulate various missile defense scenarios, and is expected to end with a live-fire interception of a decoy incoming Patriot missile.
One of the objectives of the drill is to facilitate the rapid deployment of US missile defense systems to Israel and test their ability to operate in conjunction with Israeli defense systems during a
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@howard…you obviously missed the part about the large number of troops that are going to begin arriving on October 14th
“It was reported in August 2012 that the US was REDUCING its involvement from 5,000 troops down to 1,200–1,500 and NOT sending crews to man batteries of Patriot missiles”.
Going from 5000 troops down to 1200 troops hardly qualifies as “largest ever” joint air defense drill.