BBC News, Oct 21, 2009
 The US, Turkey and Israel took part in a similar lower-scale exercise last year |
Israel and the US are due to begin a two-week military defence exercise, thought to be the largest of its kind in Israel’s history.
The exercise will focus on providing a joint defence against a simulated co-ordinated missile attack on Israel.
Up to 2,000 joint military personnel are believed to be taking part, along with at least 15 American ships.
The Israeli army said the exercise was not a “response to any world events” but had been planned for a while.
It is thought that a highly sophisticated new American radar, based in the Israeli desert, will be central to the exercise.
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