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US joins defense drill
A massive air defense drill under way in Israel will join Israeli and US systems to create the world's most advanced anti-missile umbrella to protect the Jewish state, officials said yesterday.
The Juniper Cobra 10 exercises, the fifth in a series of joint air defense drills between the allies, began this week and come amid heightened tension between Israel and Iran. Some 1,000 US soldiers will take part in the two-week exercise combining Israeli and US systems to "create the world's most advanced air defence system to protect our citizens and homes from attack," said the commander of Israel's Air Defense Corps, Brigadier General Doron Gavish. Israeli and US commanders said they would practice merging different anti-missile systems that defend simultaneously against long-, medium- and short-range missiles.
