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Israel: U.S., Israel Successfully Test Latest Patriot Missile U.S. and Israeli military personnel last week successfully tested the latest iteration of the Patriot Advanced Capability missile, Israel’s Ma’ariv reported (see GSN, Nov. 8). Units from both countries that are conducting joint exercises in Israel fired two Patriot missiles Nov. 6. The Israeli Defense Forces said that the test, which had been planned well in advance, was successful (Binder/Binder, Ma’ariv, Nov. 7). A complex software upgrade has improved links between Patriot missiles and radars, senior Israeli air force sources said. The United States and Israel plan on conducting a joint missile test in January 2003 in Israel unless the United States has attacked Iraq, the Beirut Daily Star reported Saturday (Beirut Daily Star, Nov. 9). Meanwhile, Israeli Brig. Gen. Yosef Kastel, the chairman of the Security Committee of the Center for Local Government, told a committee of the Knesset that the country’s air raid shelters are either in a state of disrepair or unusable. He also addressed biological warfare, saying, “the protection the Home Front Command can provide will not stand up to an extended biological attack” (Binder/Binder, Ma’ariv).
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