Acquisition of US Forces Iraqi Equipment Perfect for Negev Terrain
I Hope US Equipment Will Be Sold To Israel as the Troops Leave
They will need it during their 3 & ½ Year stay in the vast Negev
Called Times, Times, and Half a Time, 42 Months, or 1260 Days
These 3 Expressions Always refer to the Same 3 and ½ Years!
August 17, 2011
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IDF looks to buy US equipment after withdrawal from Iraq
By YAAKOV KATZ
08/12/2011 04:50
Defense Ministry in talks with Pentagon over equipment, including Humvee combat vehicles for IDF Ground Forces, surplus weapons, ammunition; price of equipment is lower than buying new.
The Defense Ministry is in talks with the Pentagon about the possibility of buying American military equipment that will be retired following the US withdrawal from Iraq.
The advantage in purchasing used military equipment from the US is the price, which is dramatically lower than buying the same equipment new.
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The IDF Ground Forces Command is looking to renew its aging fleet of Humvee combat vehicles with ones that the US will be phasing out as it reduces its troop numbers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Israel is also interested in acquiring surplus weapons and ammunition the US will no longer require following the withdrawals.
“It seems that in some cases it is cheaper to sell to other countries than to transport back to the US or bases in Europe,” one defense official said.
Other countries in the region may also try to buy some of the equipment, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which are both longtime customers of the US defense industries.
Saudi Arabia, for example, recently received new Black Hawk helicopters and is purchasing $60 billion worth of advanced American military platforms.
Egypt is also the recipient of $1.3b. in annual foreign military aid from the US, and Congress was recently notified of Pentagon plans to sell the Egyptian military new Abrams tanks. It would be the first major sale to Egypt since the revolution earlier this year.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Israel Air Force completed a week of joint maneuvers with the Romanian Air Force in the Carpathian Mountains. It was the first IAF deployment in Romania since the helicopter accident there last summer, although this time it consisted of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and not helicopters.
Six IAF servicemen – pilots and technical crew – were killed when a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion – called Yasour in the IAF – crashed into a mountain during a military exercise in which crews were trained to fly at low altitudes. A Romanian military officer who was observing the IAF crew aboard the helicopter, was also killed.
An IAF inquiry concluded that the accident was most likely the result of human error.
The air force is interested in continuing to train in Romania and particularly in the Carpathian Mountains, which are known for the unstable weather as well as thick forests and high mountains, terrain that Israeli pilots do not often get to train in.
Begin Archive Excerpt from 2007
The Negev Wilderness – Israel’s Future Home for 1260 Days!
April 10, 2007
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The first article following the Scriptures gives the details of a very large joint American-Israeli operation in the Negev Wilderness last month, while two articles about the Negev Wilderness, “New Town in Israel’s Negev: Bahadim,” by Hillel Fendel of Arutz Sheva, and “It’s Time to Travel in the Negev,” by Yossi Nahmais of YNet News, give a lot of new information about the development of the Negev Wilderness, They follow the first article about the joint American-Israeli operation.
As those of you know, who read my blogs, I am convinced that Israel will eventually be driven into the Negev Wilderness by the forces of Islam.
Ezekiel 38:9 – Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
(See Archive Prophecy Update Number 31)
Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
(See Archive Prophecy Update Number 71)
Daniel 7:25 – And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
(See Archive Prophecy Update Number 234A)
Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Revelation 12:6 – And the wom an fled into the wilderness, where she h
ath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. (See Archive Prophecy Update Numbers 5 to 12).
Begin Archive DEBKAfile Report from 2007
DEBKAfile reports: Thousands of American and Israeli soldiers test new defenses for WMD-capable missiles in reduced-scale joint Negev exercise
March 19, 2007, 9:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
IDF sources informed DEBKAfile that the exercise was originally designed on a far larger scale than
the current operation.
But the Americans trimmed it down after the Lebanon war, ruling out Israeli military scenarios and bringing their own reduced format.
The units taking part are, according to DEBKAfile’s military sources, US Marines, Patriot anti-missile missile crews and special units operating defenses against nuclear, chemical and biological warfare. Israel is fielding its Arrow and Patriot anti-ballistic missiles, its air force, special forces and large armored units.
This year’s operation is testing new ways to deal with missiles capable of carrying nuclear, chemical and biological warheads.
The fourth in the twice-yearly Juniper Cobra series, this is the largest operation ever held in southern Israel’ s Negev de
sert.
A US embassy spokesman in Tel Aviv described it as “a computer simulation exercise designed to test the interoperability of the air defense system. The air defense can protect you,” he said, “against whatever happens to be on the warhead.”
Both sides deny any direct connection to Tehran’s threat and its nuclear program, despite fears that Iran is on the way to developing nuclear weapons
and long-range missiles.
Begin Archive Arutz Sheva Article from 2007
New Town in Israel’s Negev: Bahadim City
14 Nisan 5767, 02 April 07 09:32
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) The Cabinet unanimously approved this morning (Sunday) the establishment of a new “city” in the Negev – a large collection of army bases, with a roving population of 11,000 career officers and soldiers serving their three-year army stints.
The area is to be called Bahadim, based on the popular acronym for IDF Training Base, Basis Hadrachah. Bahadim City will spread out over 1.25 square kilometers, and hundreds of people will be employed in its construction. It will be located at the Negev Junction, 17 kilometers south of Be’er Sheva and ten kilometers northwest of Yerucham.
“This is a historic moment for the Negev,” Prime Minister Olmert said about the plan, “which brings great tidings for Be’er Sheva and the south. The establishment of Bahadim City will change the face of the entire area, will create thousands of new jobs, and will give a boost to the transfer of quality people to the south.”
Prime Minister’s Office Director Raanan Dinur was slightly more specific, saying, “This will raise the quality of life in the entire area – primarily Be’er Sheva and the nearby Bedouin villages.”
One air force base from the Tel Aviv area has already been relocated to the Negev, with its career personnel living in the area. The technological units of the IDF, including the intelligence and computer units, are also scheduled to be relocated to the south.
It is not clear whether the Gitit training base in Samaria will be included in the move.
Vice Premier Shimon Peres, who served in the past as Minister for the Development of the Negev, said, “This decision is a critical part of the implementation of the plan for the development of the Negev. Bahadim City will be an employment anchor for the area and will help strengthen the entire region.”
Defense Minister Amir Peretz said, “This is a major national project, initiated and led by the defense establishment. It will strengthen both our defense and societal security.”
The plan is also backed by the Health and Environment Ministries, which will work to ensure that pollution from the nearby Ramat Hovav industrial and waste-treatment plant will not contaminate the area.
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