---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 13:38 CDT From: sns@borealis.com To: shomronnews@felix.dircon.co.uk Subject: Update II/113- Election Hoax SNS News Service "Election Hoax" April 30, 1996.. 11 Iyar 5756..Volume II, Number 113 ..Update from Israel [snip] Election Hoax According to a report released by the prestigious Jane's Defense Weekly, the new missile agreement between Israel and the United States is politically motivated and does not hold water. Mr. Christopher Fosi, an Editor of the Jane's Defense Weekly, and Mr. Douglas Barry, Aviation and Defense Editor of Flight International Weekly Magazine, stated the Nautilus Anti-Missile System is at least 4 years from being ready. The report states the system is "a poor fit or just does not meet Israel's needs". The report explains that since the Katusha rockets are launched from mobile sites, they can be moved around in a pick-up truck and this is just one reason the system is ineffective. Fosi discounts tests that were carried out in Mexico as not accurate and stated the reasons behind the ceremony surrounding the new missile deal appear to be political in nature, rather than a military-defensive move to protect Israel from Hizbullah rockets. The report also explains that Israel's Arrow Anti-Missile System is also not designed for Katusha rockets and is not an effective deterrent. Despite promises by President Clinton to supply Israel with an operational Nautilus system by late 1997, the two experts state it is not reality. (UPI..4/30, Ma'ariv Newspaper..4/30..Page 2). ****