
JERUSALEM: Israel and the U.S. are conducting a large-scale missile defense exercise aimed at combining their systems, American and Israeli
officials said Sunday, as both countries warn that Iran could obtain nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
The operation, code-named "Juniper Cobra," is taking place in the Negev desert in southern Israel with thousands of American and Israeli troops.
Both sides described the timing as routine, denying a direct connection to the Iran threat.
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It seems that both the US and Israel are expecting a missle attack from Iran/Syria and or the terrorits they support-hez's and hamas.
This could also be a diect responce to all the missles Syria has placed on the Israel border.(see ats linky)
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[edit on 3/18/2007 by mrmonsoon]