Israelis Differ on Missile Defense
Could the joint U.S.-Israeli MTHEL laser system protected Israeli cities from the current barrage of missiles if its development was not stopped last year? There are two different views on the issue.
Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, chief of research and development for the Israeli military until 2002, said the system could have been battlefield-ready by now.
Yiftah Shapir, a military analyst at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, disagrees by saying that the system could be overwhelmed by a missile barrage.
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