2007 Israel Special Weapons News |
- Israel becomes world's fourth largest weapons exporter RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2007 -- With arms sales of over $4 billion in 2007, Israel has moved up to fourth place on the list of the world's largest weapons exporters, overtaking the U.K., the Israeli defense ministry said on Tuesday.
- Israel Considers New Nuclear Plant VOA 04 Aug 2007 -- An Israeli official says Israel is considering plans to build a nuclear power station in its southern Negev desert.
- Israeli Court Sends Nuclear Whistleblower Back to Jail VOA 02 Jul 2007 -- An Israeli court has sentenced nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu to six months in jail for violating the terms of his release.
- Israeli Air Force Awards Pratt & Whitney Materials Management Agreement Pratt & Whitney 21 Jun 2007 -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, and the Government of Israel – Ministry of Defense on behalf of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), signed an agreement for a Materials Management Program (MMP) to support the IAF’s F100-PW-229 powered F-15 and F-16 front line fighters as part of the just-in-time contract between the parties.
- Israel Says Nuclear Whistleblower Violated Gag Order VOA 30 Apr 2007 -- An Israeli court has convicted a former nuclear technician of violating a gag order for speaking with foreign journalists
- U.S./Israel Complete Successful Arrow Missile Defense Test MDA 26 Mar 2007 -- Air Force Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering III, Missile Defense Agency Director, today announced the successful completion of the latest ballistic missile test, by the joint U.S./Israel Arrow missile defense system
- Israel successfully tests upgraded Arrow missile defense system RIA Nvosti 26 Mar 2007 -- Israel has conducted a successful launch of a modernized interceptor missile used as part of the Hetz (Arrow II) missile defense system, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday.
- Russia wants Israel to join NPT - FM Sergei Lavrov RIA Novosti 02 Mar 2007 -- Russia wants Israel, which has never admitted its nuclear status but is nevertheless believed to possess nuclear weapons, to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to establish a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, the Russian foreign minister said.
- Israel's nuclear arsenal only 'widely assumed,' UK again insists IRNA 27 Feb 2007 -- The British government is continuing to insist that Israel's possession of nuclear weapons is only widely assumed, despite former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw admitting in November that its arsenal was not a secret.
- U.S./Israel Complete Successful Arrow Missile Defense Test MDA 12 Feb 2007 -- The Missile Defense Agency today announced the successful ballistic missile intercept Sunday by the joint U.S./Israel Arrow missile defense system
- Address by PM Olmert to the 7th Herzliya Conference 24 Jan 2007
- Israel's Top General Steps Down VOA 17 Jan 2007 -- The head of the Israeli Defense Forces, Air Force General Dan Halutz has resigned
- Israel Denies Reports it Has Plans for Strike on Iran Nuclear Facility VOA 07 Jan 2007 -- Israel is denying a report in a British newspaper that the country has drawn up secret plans to target Iran's nuclear facilities with tactical nuclear weapons
