On 18 Mar 2003 at 12:11, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >Well - I'm not sure of the reaction, but Israel does (unlike in the > >Gulf war) have a missile defence system up which should block some of > >the incomming missiles. > > > >They have their own, fairly long ranged "arrow" missiles and the > >Americans have stationed several batteries of the (much upgraded) > >"patriot" missiles in Israel. > > I don't think the original system worked that well. Didn't some > missiles land in a major metropolitan area during the last Gulf War? > Even upgraded, I'm sure most Israelis aren't positive that the systems > will protect them.
The origional system - in the Gulf War - frankly stank. The systems deployed now are a LOT better, and they've admited they'll not get all missiles fired at Israel anyway, but they should get SOME of them. Which is better than none. > > > >Israel also has a solid anti-gas doctrine, with (at times like this) > >a sealed room set up in each house, and there's also a pre-prepared > >bunker under every public and large building. > > > > IIRC, every family member usually also has a gas mask. > > There was a news story about a wife and kids who died a few days ago > in one of those sealed rooms. Not exactly a rousing sign of support > for such measures. :( Faulty heater, apparently. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
