Israel and Poland Join Anti-Missile Shield Network

An unintended consequence of Russian aggression in Georgia is solidarity on missile defense network.

Israel announced that its early warning radar system, part of its anti-missile-missile array has already detected Syrian missile tests. “It was the kind of test that Iran conducted earlier this year and meant to show that Syria could fire missiles simultaneously from a range of batteries in the southern and central parts of the country,” an official said. The Syrian tests were detected by Israel’s Arrow-2 missile defense system. The Arrow’s Green Pine early-warning radar was said to have a range of more than 800 kilometers, which covers most of Syria. Sources say that the U. S. is rushing to install and a more advanced system in Israel that could monitor Iran and deeper into Russian space.

Sources say North Korea has helped Syria develop a two-stage Scud D meant to frustrate Israel’s missile defense system. They said the launches appeared to test Syria’s command and control network required to sustain a missile attack on Israel and that justifies a more sophisticated early warning system and anti-missile missiles. Syria was also said to have fired the Soviet-origin SS-21 rocket with a 70 kilometer range during the exercise.

Russia objects to Israeli getting the more capable radar and anti-missile systems and is very angry at the U. S. - Polish agreement for anti-missile radars and anti-missile missiles that was announced Tuesday night.