Update on X-band radar
This may be the most ridiculous statement I’ve heard from the IDF as of late:
Israel is wary of the deployment of the new US high-powered radar facility in the Negev, Israeli officials were quoted as saying Thursday.
“It’s a like a pair of golden handcuffs on Israel,” one top official told Time Magazine.
The magazine reported that IDF officials feared that although the radar would enhance Israel’s protection against Iran, it might also reveal Israel’s military secrets to the US.
The radar will allow the US to keep a close watch on anything moving in Israeli skies, “even a bee”, a top Israeli official, who asked not to be identified, told Time.“Even a husband and wife have a few things they would like to keep from each other,” said the official. “Now we’re standing without our clothes off in front of America.”
I heart Israel just like a vast majority of Americans heart Israel. But really? We’re in one of the most sensitive and potentially destructive times for the State of Israel (Iranian threat). Is it just me or does this concern of revealing secrets to the United States sound more like hurt pride over American technology run by American soldiers on Israeli soil?
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I am a Desert Storm Veteran. I served in Haifa, Israel as a Patriot Missile Crewmember with the 4/43rd ADA (A Btry). We protected the city of Haifa from January 1991 to May 1991 with "Pride and Honor". I am glad to have been a part of "Patriot Task Force Israel 1991".
I am in "Agreement" with Israel about not disclosing "specific" secrets to the United States. Israel should have that right to keep some secrets to themselves even though we support them militarily. We, as American's", don't disclose a lot of secrets to other "Allied Countries" so why should they.