U.S. Publishes Details Of Missile Base Israel Wanted Kept Secret
Source: Miami Hearld/MCCLATCHY
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel’s military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests.
The Obama administration had promised to build Israel a state-of-the-art facility to house a new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3. As with all Defense Department projects, detailed specifications were made public so that contractors could bid on the $25 million project. The specifications included more than 1,000 pages of details on the facility, ranging from the heating and cooling systems to the thickness of the walls.
"If an enemy of Israel wanted to launch an attack against a facility, this would give him an easy how-to guide. This type of information is closely guarded and its release can jeopardize the entire facility," said an Israeli military official who commented on the publication of the proposal but declined to be named because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the facility. He declined to say whether plans for the facility have been altered as a result of the disclosure.
"This is more than worrying, it is shocking," he said.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Wesley Miller said he couldn’t comment on the specifics of the Arrow 3 base, but he said the United States routinely published the details of its construction plans on a federal business opportunities website so that contractors could estimate the costs of jobs. He said such postings often might be revised after contracts were approved.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/03/3431313/us-publishes-details-of-missile.html
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giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Can someone please tell me why we are constantly building up defense systems in a country that is know for repeated disregard for others & constantly starting shit with other countries?
I see no reason as to why we need to be throwing money & supplies to Israel all the time. Would it be too much to ask for that money to be used here instead?
cstanleytech
(26,224 posts)or atleast thats what Washington claims.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)They could pay for it themselves.
How many kids with cancer could we treat with that money?
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)at his trial?
I heard an expression years ago.
Equal justice under the law!
That still applies, right?
okaawhatever
(9,457 posts)website to throw off enemies. It will be similar specs, probably similar square footage, but it will be different enough as to not give it away. That's typical military stuff. Notice Col. Miller said the postings might be revised after contracts were approved. In other words, once you get the contract we tell you what you're really going to build.
elleng
(130,724 posts)otherwise nothing would be 'secret.'
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)How they really don't exist when millions of people are privy to them.
Still believe in UFOs at Area 51?
Someone would have leaked it long ago.
The A Bomb didn't stay secret, did it.
okaawhatever
(9,457 posts)was declassified in the 90's he could legally tell us, but still didn't. He signed an additional security agreement so he couldn't reveal what he saw there, but he could say that he never saw anything remotely resembling ufo's or alien. He did have a few documents he saved from the late 60's and he wouldn't tell us what they were for. We know he kept them for proof that whatever he was doing was authorized, but that's all. Even on his deathbed he wouldn't tell us. I guess every once in a while secrets are taken to the grave.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)The Israelis can build their own bases, using their own contractors, with their own money.
