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Sunday, May 01, 2011
Israel urged to buy U.S. rocket defenses
He urged the government to buy U.S. laser weapons, such as the Skyguard system built by Northrop Grumman, or a variant of the U.S. Vulcan-Phalanx rapid-fire gun system.
Amid Israeli concerns of a new war with Hezbollah and other foes, there are doubts the anti-missile systems Israel's defense industry has produced or is developing will be adequate to defend the nation against sustained missile and rocket attack.
One of the country's leading missile-defense experts, Nathan Farber, says that the cost of developing, deploying and operating these systems is prohibitive.
He also said that it will take years to provide enough anti-missile batteries to cover the country, time that Israel may not have as things stand in the region.
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