Missile Defense Quick Links for Thursday
Russia will join Kazakhstan in conducting missile defense exercises, RIA Novosti reports. Lt. Gen. Abai Tasbulatov, commander of the Republican Guard, told conference attendees that in “the near future we are planning to hold large-scale Kazakh-Russian exercises, dubbed Shield-2008, in western Kazakhstan.”
Russia continues to build its missile program and alliances. (RIA Novosti)
Israel is working on a computerized system designed to predict where a missile will land shortly after launch, reports Israel News. The system will allow the country’s Home Front Command to get people to shelters in a smaller, as opposed to larger, area. The hoped-for result is that a smaller number of people will be ordered to shelters, as the rest get on with normal activities. Military alert districts are divided into 10; after the system is in place, there will be 100 districts. An excerpt:
“In light of the army’s assessment that any future war will include sustained missile attacks, bolstering Israelis’ ability to live with such attacks was considered essential.” (Israel News)
Tags: Abai Tasbulatov, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia