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Time Magazine: Israel fears U.S. radar will leave it 'naked in front of America'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel news, U.S., radar 

Security sources in Israel voiced concern that a new American radar system, to be deployed in the Negev next month, will expose Israel's military secrets as it records every movement in Israel's skies, Time Magazine reported Thursday.

One top official complained "It's a like a pair of golden handcuffs on Israel."

According to the sources, the U.S. also offered the same radar system to Turkey and Jordan, but they declined. They expressed concern over the fact that the system will be operated exclusively by U.S. military personnel, leaving Israel with no direct access.
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The U.S. radar will be able to monitor the take-off of any aircraft or missile up to 1,500 miles away - giving Israel a vital extra 60-70 seconds to react if Iran fired a missile, Israeli military sources told Time Magazine.

Israel has its own radar system trained on Iran, but its range is much shorter. Still, some see several drawbacks for Israel in the radar, and blame Defense Minister Ehud Barak for requesting its deployment in Israel without consulting anyone other than his chief of staff. Some in the upper echelons of the IDF fear that although the radar will enhance Israel's protection against Iran, it may also open up Israel's own military secrets to the Americans.

"Even a husband and wife have a few things they'd like to keep from each other," one source explained. "Now we're standing naked in front of America," he said, stressing that the new radar will be able to detect anything moving in Israel's skies, "even a bee."

Israeli officials also expressed concern that the installation of the radar system on Israeli soil would ignite Moscow's anger, since its range will enable the U.S. to monitor aircraft in the skies over southern Russia. They added that this would only serve to motivate Russia to supply Iran and Syria with advanced anti-aircraft weapons.
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  1.   THE RIGHT MISSILE DEFENSE 19:12  |  Barry S. Roffman 03/10/08
  2.   discomfort 19:27  |  potobac 03/10/08
  3.   Radar is useless 19:27  |  Brod 03/10/08
  4.   Welcome US vassal state 19:31  |  Pablo B 03/10/08
  5.   If you dont want it 19:51  |  Dave Duncan 03/10/08
  6.   No more! american invasion in Israel 19:58  |  Nathan 03/10/08
  7.   This was announced months ago. Now what.? 20:50  |  Stephen. 03/10/08
  8.   Very revealing 21:08  |  Axel 03/10/08
  9.   # 7 stephen 21:12  |  Axel 03/10/08
  10.   US Radar System In Israel 21:15  |  Francis Hartman 03/10/08
  11.   New US Radar For Israel 21:51  |  Gary 03/10/08
  12.   so what it is our money and our system, may be next time you try 22:00  |  tim 03/10/08
  13.   The real problem of course 22:06  |  Paul Wood 03/10/08
  14.   A feckless Israeli government falls into a trap 22:11  |  Stuart Wilder 03/10/08
  15.   I don`t see the big deal... 22:15  |  yezmar 03/10/08
  16.   Husband and wife secrets 22:25  |  allang 03/10/08
  17.   This proves God isn`t in it! 22:30  |  Rigma 03/10/08
  18.   A hair trigger is extremely dangerous 22:31  |  Bitin Dawg 03/10/08
  19.   America needs to behave also! 22:32  |  Rigma 03/10/08
  20.   #10 francis makes ajoke called "stability in the middle east" 22:34  |  victor hardman 03/10/08
  21.   # 7 Stephen. 22:50  |  Joseph.E 03/10/08
  22.   1 Barry - Cold War Already Restarted 23:09  |  Mark of Lewiston 03/10/08
  23.   #10 23:14  |  COHEN 03/10/08
  24.   It is not just because that Obama said 23:35  |  Joseph.E 03/10/08
  25.   Send it back 23:37  |  Lori 03/10/08
  26.   What? No. 5, I agree 23:40  |  Stuart 03/10/08
  27.   #7 Axel 23:43  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 03/10/08
  28.   #8 Re Axel 23:46  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 03/10/08
  29.   Are you insane?? 23:47  |  AST 03/10/08
  30.   US radar won`t be installed unless approved by Ben Jabo Ben Tize 00:13  |  Aounist 04/10/08
  31.   # 12 COHEN 00:33  |  Joseph.E 04/10/08
  32.   Israeli-US intimacy 00:36  |  Smolanit 04/10/08
  33.   60 SECONDS?????????????? 00:41  |  Marvin 04/10/08
  34.   Guilty conscience? 00:42  |  BBSNews 04/10/08
  35.   #25 AST 00:45  |  MR 04/10/08
  36.   # 20 joseph 00:51  |  Axel 04/10/08
  37.   Basically an affair ... 00:56  |  Axel 04/10/08
  38.   COHEN 00:59  |  Chet 04/10/08
  39.   The games they play. 01:23  |  Maureen Ann 04/10/08
  40.   Barak is not good for Israel. 01:23  |  Lack of judgement 04/10/08
  41.   axel and the "liberty" 01:29  |  erwin honigstein 04/10/08
  42.   axel "the world is not revolving around jerusalem" 01:33  |  erwin honigstein 04/10/08
  43.   axel "israel has corrupt politicians" 01:35  |  erwin honigstein 04/10/08
  44.   bbs news we do take care of ourselves 01:40  |  abendego 04/10/08
  45.   bbs news so many of your messages are informed 01:43  |  shadrack 04/10/08
  46.   golden handcuffs describes it well 02:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/10/08
  47.   Reminds me of the bOy WhO cRiEd WoLf 02:12  |  Ya Ghareeb 04/10/08
  48.   Are you kidding? 02:20  |  Sean 04/10/08
  49.   Chet re: Cohen and No. 10 03:10  |  Francis Hartman 04/10/08
  50.   #34:BBSNews, I miss your point! 03:13  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 04/10/08
  51.   chet 04:20  |  Jasper 04/10/08
  52.   shadrack-abendego, a pair-o-nuts... 05:13  |  BBSNews 04/10/08
  53.   Too many generals, not enough Indians. 05:45  |  Jim 04/10/08
  54.   Israelis Can Never Be Grateful! 05:50  |  Monitor 04/10/08
  55.   Jasper 05:57  |  Chet 04/10/08
  56.   #49 Francis Hartman 06:02  |  Chet 04/10/08
  57.   #50 Monitor 07:09  |  Franco 04/10/08
  58.   doc holliday 50 07:17  |  potobac 04/10/08
  59.   The radar is good for Israel 07:48  |  Motke 04/10/08
  60.   The American and Israeli public should know the truth. 07:54  |  Jean Van Daem 04/10/08
  61.   Is sovereignty too big a burden? 08:33  |  Moshe 04/10/08
  62.   I THOUGHT NO BASE WAS ALLOWED?????? 08:54  |  DAVID 04/10/08
  63.   Don`t Worry US Cannot Afford To Pay For It 09:15  |  Baruch Gold 04/10/08
  64.   X-Band 09:39  |  Adam Bennett 04/10/08
  65.   NAKED, AND NO ONE IS BLUSHING ? 10:46  |  chop-chop 04/10/08
  66.   dollars for righs 10:49  |  Lars Porsena 04/10/08
  67.   #49 francis and friendly fire of the usaf in 1944 11:09  |  victor hardman 04/10/08
  68.   Cipora #46 11:18  |  S 04/10/08
  69.   since we Americans pay for Israeli... 11:47  |  samos 04/10/08
  70.   #68, S, you are right 11:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/10/08
  71.   # 50 doc holliday the economist 12:01  |  Axel 04/10/08
  72.   samos 12:34  |  rich 04/10/08
  73.   Monitor 12:38  |  rich 04/10/08
  74.   victor hardman 14:34  |  potobac 04/10/08
  75.   You Can`t Have it Both Ways 15:12  |  MIKE 04/10/08
  76.   Francis Hartman 15:33  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/10/08
  77.   ISRAEL0US RELATIONS: TAIL WAGS THE DOG? OR OTHERWISE? 15:45  |  JACKAL 04/10/08
  78.   loser softman 15:55  |  Ken 04/10/08
  79.   #74 potobac at what age ?knows more than an eye 16:31  |  v.hardman 04/10/08
  80.   #77 ken quotes the cover up story !!!! 16:35  |  v.hardman 04/10/08
  81.   Rich, 16:47  |  Monitor 04/10/08
  82.   Rich, do not Change the Subject! Israelis Remain Ungrateful 17:04  |  Monitor 04/10/08
  83.   victor hardman #67 & 78 18:43  |  Veritas 04/10/08
  84.   Bar Refaeli! 19:59  |  W 04/10/08
  85.   Barak is too arrogant 20:39  |  fred 04/10/08
  86.   Exactly! 21:25  |  Rigma 04/10/08
  87.   #69.samos. We do not want you in our backyard. 21:28  |  Stephen. 04/10/08
  88.   Then intel is guilty here! 23:06  |  Rigma 04/10/08
  89.   # 87 stephen 23:08  |  Axel 04/10/08
  90.   Yeah! 23:08  |  Rigma 04/10/08
  91.   Blackmailing! 23:11  |  Rigma 04/10/08
  92.   From the comments themselves! 23:14  |  Rigma 04/10/08
  93.   #71;Axel; #58;potobac, clarification 15:29  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 05/10/08
  94.   doc holliday 21:16  |  potobac 05/10/08
  95.   what about the US leaving Israel naked in front of its enemies 02:08  |  glenna 06/10/08
  96.   #94:potobac, Maybe, maybe not 14:31  |  DOC HOLLDAY 06/10/08
  97.   doc holliday 96 18:51  |  potobac 06/10/08
  98.   #97;potobac, I agree wholeheartedly! 13:06  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 07/10/08
  99.   #3 Brod You are absolutely RIGHT! 09:48  |  Mahdi 13/10/08
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