Armée Israélienne (IDF)

l'interception d'un misérable missile Grade qui coute 200$ coûterait à Israel un missile de 100.000$ c'est la ruine garantie

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Israel has completed testing its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system, the second component of a planned multi-layered network to shield the Jewish state from missile attack by Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas.

The long-range, high-altitude Arrow-II system, which has been operational since 2000, is designed to knock out ballistic missiles, with Iran being the primary threat in that sector.
The third layer, to counter intermediate-range missiles, is still being developed. This system, known as David's Sling, is at least two years from deployment.
The first Iron Dome battery, which will be deployed in the south to counter Hamas' rocket fire, will be delivered to the Israeli air force in about six weeks. It is expected to be operational by May. Others will be sited in the north later this year.
"Making Iron Dome operational will transform Israel's political and security situation on the northern and southern fronts," said Pinchas Buchris, director general of the Defense Ministry.
Iron Dome, developed over the last two years at a cost of $200 million by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., uses small guided missiles to destroy short-range rockets used by Hezbollah and Hamas.
The number of batteries that will be required and the cost remains a troubling question.
It is generally accepted that the military would need about 20 batteries to defend the entire northern and southern borders from Hezbullah and Hamas bombardment. Each battery costs $14 million. The high operational costs are also causing some consternation.
Each interception of Hamas' Gaza-manufactured Qassam rockets, which cost around $200 apiece, would cost around $100,000.
All this "will require either diverting substantial funds from other defense projects or significantly increasing the defense budget," the Haaretz daily noted.
The deployment of Iron Dome, when completed, will provide for the first time a defense against Hezbollah and Hamas rockets that have plagued Israel for years. The barrages inflicted few casualties and little damage, although the political and psychological impact was considerable.
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein fired some 309 Scud ballistic missiles at Israel during the 1991 Gulf War, the first time the Jewish state's population centers had come under bombardment. These were largely ineffective.
But Hezbollah's relentless rocket bombardment of northern Israel during the 34-day war in July and August of 2006 changed that. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah unleashed some 4,000 rockets of various calibers -- an average of 150-200 per day right up to the final minutes of the conflict.
Northern Israel was paralyzed. Some 50 people were killed. Israelis understood that missile bombardment was the shape of things to come.
The Iron Dome project emerged from the 2006 crisis to meet that security threat.
Iran now has Shehab-3 ballistic missiles capable of hitting anywhere in Israel. These are targets for the long-range, high-altitude Arrow-II missiles developed by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and the Boeing Co. with U.S. funding.
Hezbollah is now reported to have in excess of 42,000 Syrian and Iranian rockets -- around three times the number it had in 2006. These will now be countered by Iron Dome.
The military and geopolitical implication of the advent of Arrow, Iron Dome and David's Sling being developed by Rafael and Raytheon of the United States, are considerable. When all three interlocking systems are in place Israel will be in a position, to a large extent, to counter every type of missile and rocket its enemies possess.
Doubtless it will not be able stop every missile if they are fired en masse but the Jewish state will have greater protection than any other state on the planet.
The Arab News, published in the Gulf, noted in an editorial Friday that Iron Dome "represents a change of strategic balance in the same way that the Russians believe that the U.S. missile shield affects the global balance of nuclear weaponry …
"Israel will soon apparently have cover against rocket assault from anywhere in the Middle East.
"Moscow fears that the proposed U.S. missile shield will allow Washington to launch a strategic atomic strike and then defend itself against retaliation," Arab News said.
"Precisely the same analysis must be applied to Israel with its undeclared and illegal nuclear arsenal."

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2010/01/08/Israel-readies-new-anti-missile-system/UPI-51371262975724/

Quel idée de génie! comme ça ils viennent de résoudre le problème majeur dont souffrait Hamas, comme leur rokets ne sont pas précises ils avaient du mal à infilger des dégâts significatifs. Maintenant ils leur suffit de lancer un maximum de rokets sans se soucier de la précision pour faire perdre des sommes colossales à Tsahal...

C'est la guerre contre le mirage...

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Monde - International
mar 12 jan, 1:54

Israël et les Etats-Unis ont finalisé en décembre un accord autorisant
un doublement de la valeur des stocks d'urgence de l'armée américaine
entreposés sur le sol israélien, à 800 millions de dollars, a indiqué
lundi un porte-parole du Pentagone, Shawn Turner.
Le doublement de valeur des stocks d'urgence du Pentagone sur le sol
israélien, de 400 à 800 millions de dollars, avait été autorisé par le
Congrès américain en 2007, a-t-il rappelé. L'armée israélienne peut
aussi avoir accès à ce matériel (armements, véhicules blindés, pièces
d'artillerie, munitions...) en cas d'urgence, mais seulement avec
l'autorisation préalable des Etats-Unis, a précisé un responsable
américain de défense sous couvert d'anonymat. (BVH)

http://www.rtlinfo.be/info/monde/international/299356/les-usa-vont-doubler-leurs-stocks-d-urgence-en-israel

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Germany Sells Another Submarine To Israel

BRUSSELS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will, according to informed sources in Berlin, finalise the details of the sale of another Dolphin class submarine to Israel on January 18th when Mrs. Merkel will visit Israel. The sources said that the negotiations are now at an advanced stage.

Israel has already taken delivery of three German submarines, which where ordered in 2005 and were expected to be handed over to the Israelis in 2010. Despite German demands, Israel has not paid for previous deliveries and Germany is now insisting on payment. The submarines have been built at a cost of 1.3 billion Euros with Germany covering one-third of the bill.
The Dolphin Class submarines are quiet diesel-electric attack submarines that evolved from Germany’s U209 class. They can fire torpedoes as well as cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads from their four 650mm torpedo tubs, which will enable the Israelis to respond in case of a nuclear attack.
The other six 533mm tubes can launch torpedoes or anti ship missiles. The sources said further, that Israel has conducted deployment tests on a nuclear-capable version of its medium-range Popeye Turbo cruise missile design to ensure they can be fired from the 650mm torpedo tube in the Dolphin Class submarines. Furthermore, the Israelis have tested in 2002 the Popeye Turbo cruise missile in a location off Seri Lanka.
The submarines incorporate an Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system in order to allow them to spend more time submerged. The Dolphin subs are designed for a crew of 35, and have a maximum speed of 20 knots and a maximum range of 4,500km. Israel has now a total of six Dolphin Class submarines.

The Economic Voice

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Le directeur du personnel des Forces israéliennes de défense, le Général en chef Avi Zamir, a rendu visite à une école secondaire d’Ashdod mercredi pour rencontrer les enseignants dans le cadre d’une initiative militaire visant à tenter de réintroduire les valeurs de l’armée parmi les jeunes.

Zamir, qui s’est focalisé sur le nombre grandissant d’insoumis, a mis en garde contre le fait que la prochaine décennie pourrait voir jusqu’à 40% de jeunes juifs qui échapperaient au service militaire.

La situation, a-t-il ajouté, pourrait même empirer : « Si l’on prend en considération les jeunes arabes israéliens, nous sommes confrontés à une situation dans laquelle 70% des jeunes ne s’enrôleront pas dans l’armée pour le service national. »

« Même aujourd’hui, la notion d’armée du peuple se délite et si cette tendance se confirme, nous serons au bord de l’abime, » a-t-il dit.

Selon les données des FID pour 2008, 72% des adolescents juifs et 54% des adolescentes ont été enrôlés dans l’armée, ce qui représente un taux d’insoumis de 37%.

Zamir a particulièrement critiqué les 38% de filles qui se servent du faux prétexte d’observance religieuse pour esquiver la conscription. « Pour moi, c’est un abus cynique de la loi. Et nous ne sommes pas loin de voir ce chiffre atteindre 50%. »

L’armée et le cabinet du Premier ministre travaillent également de concert pour augmenter le nombre d’haredim qui effectuent leur service militaire, et jusqu’à présent, selon Zamir, leur nombre a augmenté de 1.000 par an.

Le chef du personnel de l’armée a également déclaré que les militaires doivent faire davantage pour aider les soldats à faire leur service, et en particulier les 20.000 soldats de combat qui sont démobilisés chaque année après des opérations extrêmement éprouvantes.

Zamir a précisé que la charge du devoir de réserve est loin d’être également répartie : l’armée israélienne compte actuellement 450.000 réservistes âgés de 21 à 40 ans, mais seuls 100.000 d’entre eux font leurs 10 jours ou plus de réserviste chaque année, « et nous devons alors les aider. »

http://www.ism-france.org/news/article.php?id=13262&type=communique&lesujet=Armement%20isra%C3%A9lien

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3834123,00.html

Belle série Glaive, Grazie
j'ai bien aimé la photo du G-550 AEW

Le plus grand exercice de guerre biologique jamais organisé par Israel.

Israel veut acheter des armes à L'allemagne

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Israel Seeks German Arms-Aid Deal




Tel Aviv - Germany and Israel are intensifying negotiations over a nearly 1 billion euro ($1.45 billion) naval procurement package, a considerable portion of which Israel hopes to fund from a combination of German and U.S. aid.

The Israeli-proposed arms-aid deal - to be discussed Jan. 18 in Berlin at a special joint meeting of the German and Israeli cabinets - involves an additional Dolphin diesel-electric submarine, torpedoes and two German-built warships.
The ships - stretched, 2,200-ton versions of the Meko A-100 - are the Israel Navy's preferred alternative to the U.S.-built Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), which the service rejected last year as unaffordable because of cost growth. At first, Israel lobbied to build the German ships under license at home, with the Israeli Treasury footing initial costs to establish a local warship-building industry.
But under the latest incarnation of the deal, Israel is proposing to build the ships in Germany, where they will be outfitted with Israeli radar and a comprehensive combat weapons suite. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), the Hamburg-based consortium building submarines for the Israeli Navy, is to be prime contractor, with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) the likely lead integrator.
The proposed acquisition, Israeli defense and industry sources here say, depends not only on significant German funding, but on Washington's permission to use annual military aid to pay for raw materials, subsystems and engine parts destined for the non-U.S. ships.
Altogether, U.S.-produced content could reach $200 million for the estimated $650 million, two-ship program, which the Navy hopes to fund with Foreign Military Financing (FMF). In parallel, the program will draw on so-called U.S. Offshore Procurement funding - the portion of annual aid authorized for conversion into local shekels - to outfit the ships with Israeli technologies.Hitting Germany Up for One-Third


Israel has asked Germany to finance one-third of the new surface-undersea package under terms similar to a 2005 deal that allowed Israel to acquire two new air-independent propulsion Dolphins for only two-thirds of the 1 billion euro program.
Both submarines contracted under the 2005 deal are still under construction in Germany, with first deliveries planned for 2012. They will join Israel's three-Dolphin fleet, operational since 2001; two of the Dolphins were fully funded by Germany, and costs for the third were shared evenly by the two countries.
The Israel Navy formally submitted its request for the new submarine-surface ship package last autumn, and representatives from the two countries have been meeting to hammer out details at the working level ever since. Berlin's consent to elevate the matter for discussion this week by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their respective defense ministers indicates progress toward reaching some kind of agreement, Israeli sources here said.
"The fact that it's an agenda item in the context of expanded bilateral security ties is a good sign. But we don't know what kind of support to expect," said an officer on the Israel Defense Forces General Staff.
"They could agree in principle to all of it, part of it or none of it. We'll just have to wait and see," the officer said of the proposed arms-aid package. "Despite the unknowns, one thing is clear: Without assistance funding, there will be no program."
Retired Vice Adm. Yedidya Ya'ari, a former commander of the Israel Navy and chief executive of Rafael, said he and many of his colleagues in the Israeli industry are hoping for a positive outcome in ongoing Israeli-German negotiations.
When asked about the suitability of the Meko design, considerably smaller than the LCS or an LPD-type platform pursued in recent years, he replied: "What's most important is improving operational capabilities. These days, performance is determined less by platforms and more by combat systems and enabling technologies."
An Israeli MoD source said it was "highly unlikely" that firm conclusions would emerge from the Jan. 18 joint session.
"When you're dealing with complex political, financial and industrial-base issues, it's going to take time," the source said. "At this stage, we're hoping for clarifications, and not necessarily conclusions."
Shimon Stein, a former Israeli ambassador to Germany who was heavily involved in negotiations leading up to the 2005 submarine deal, declined to discuss specifics of the new Israeli-proposed package. In general, however, he said the prospect of new Israeli orders would benefit a German shipbuilding industry hard-hit by economic crisis.
Similarly, he said the Merkel-led government has demonstrated political goodwill toward Israel in numerous areas, including its condemnation of Iran's nuclear weapons drive and mediating efforts to secure the release of an Israeli soldier held in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
"Merkel is positively disposed to Israel's security needs and will be understanding of the escalating threat situation," Stein said.
Nevertheless, experts here say the extent to which the Merkel government is willing or able to accommodate Israeli financing requests remain unclear.
Several key Israeli ministers will accompany Netanyahu to the cabinet meeting in Berlin, each with a staff of experts prepared to address specific issues that may arise in bilateral efforts to upgrade political, economic and security ties. This week's summit follows a joint meeting in Jerusalem of the Israeli and German cabinets held in 2008 to mark Israel's 60th year of statehood.
Aside from the proposed arms-aid package, the two governments are expected to discuss nonproliferation initiatives and new bilateral as well as international means of rolling back Iran's nuclear program. The two governments also will attempt to clarify and, where possible, harmonize respective policies regarding Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza, including Israel's perceived use of disproportionate force in its Cast Lead anti-rocket campaign early last year.

source:www.defensenews.com

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tres bonne operation de relation publique de Tsahal , c'est poignant et bouleversant . Dommage qu ils ne font pas preuve d autant d humanité et de compassion pour les femmes enceintes enterrées vivante a Ghaza ou au Liban ...