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>JN Jan. 2, 2002, Vol. 10, No. 1
India Deploys Israeli Hi-Tech War Equipment
By Debkafile News Service
The highly advanced Israeli-made weapons systems acquired by the Indian army in 2001 figured prominently in the tactical pros and cons of going to war, in New Delhi and Islamabad alike.
Revealing this, Debkafile's military sources named the items imported from Israel as the Green Pine radar system, developed for Israel's Arrow anti-missile, three electronic tracking and command centers and the Rafael version of the Popeye cruise missile.
Debkafile's Indian sources reported that at the end of last week, as the war fever mounted, Israeli personnel engaged in constructing, maintenance and operating the new systems in Indian Kashmir, and the northern sector of the Indian-Pakistani were evacuated with their families.
They left behind a skeleton Israeli crew to keep the electronic systems running smoothly in the event of a flare-up, and a small contingent of Israel naval officers to show their Indian counterparts how to work the Popeye missiles (range 900 miles and capable of carrying nuclear warheads).
Military experts in the United States, India and Pakistan hold the view that the presence of these systems in the Indian army has thus far held off a Pakistan pre-emptive strike against the Indian divisions before they take up their border deployments. A pre-emptive, or surprise assault would be the best chance for the numerically inferior Pakistani army, with its 500,000 men, to throw the invasion plans of India's 1.2 million strong army into disarray.
Posted since last April in the western section of the Vale of Kashmir between the towns of Uri and Punch, the Green Pine radar's strategic value is inestimable. It covers all of Pakistani's military command centers and bases between Islamabad, the capital, and the Indian frontier. It also permits Indian surveillance of Pakistan's nuclear center at Kahuta and Sargodha, where Pakistan keeps its Shaheen missiles (capable of delivering nuclear warheads), a homemade version of the Chinese mobile M-11 missiles.
According to Debkafile's Indian sources, the three early warning stations built by Israel are located north of Ladakh, near the west Kashmir town of Kupwara opposite four strategic Pakistan Kashmiri towns of Kel, Skardu, Astor and Gilgit, and in the town of Kargil, opposite the seat of Pakistan's Himalayan command centers in Kashmir, where the current troop buildup is centered.
The Israeli Green Pine radar took to the field last May in the biggest nuclear exercise India ever conducted. Dubbed "Perfect Victory," the exercise was designed to depict an Indian victory over Pakistan. The 50,000 and 120 warplanes taking part in the war games practiced deep forays into enemy territory and the takeover and demolition of enemy strategic installations. It was Green Pine's first experience of a nuclear exercise.
Physician: Fatal Rabin Bullets Not from Amir
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Dr. David Chen, a physician affiliated with Assaf HaRofeh Hospital, who investigated the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, concluded convicted assassin Yigal Amir did not fire the fatal bullets.
According to an Itim news agency report, the findings of the physician's investigation were revealed at a press conference at which time the participants demanded the establishment of a government-appointed public committee to investigate and reveal the true events surrounding the murder.
Yaakov Varker CPA presented the findings, explaining the Ministry of Health did not permit Chen to participate in the press conference and announce the findings. He revealed that the bullets fired by Yigal Amir had copper heads while the pathological findings on Rabin's body were concurrent with lead bullets.
The Itim report continued, quoting Prof. Aryeh Zaritsky, who stated there undoubtedly was a conspiracy among close Rabin aides to discredit the right-wing camp, working to place the responsibility for the Nov. 4, 1995 assassination on the entire right-wing camp. Zaritsky added the investigation into the events has shown that Yigal Amir could not have been the assassin.
New Gas Mask Fails the Test
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Military officials were disappointed to learn that the new gas mask intended to replace those distributed on Tuesday did not pass initial testing. The mask labeled "Even Sapir" (Sapphire), fell short of expectations of senior army officials.
The revolutionary mask was to offer a major breakthrough in protection against non-conventional attacks, sealing around one's neck, thereby protecting one's entire face and not just covering one's eyes, nose and mouth.
The testing was moved up several months from mid-2002 as a result of intelligence community warnings of the likelihood of an attack from Iraq, the result of a possible U.S. offensive against Iraq.
