JERUSALEM - American and Israeli air forces on Sunday began week-long joint exercises in southern Israel, simulating dog-fights and bombing targets on the ground, the army said. Dozens of aircraft are taking part in the exercises in the southern Negev desert, it said.
| Just shaking off some rust ... |
Army radio said the exercises were taking place in the context of recent discussions between Israel and its main ally on the controversial nuclear programme of the Jewish state’s arch-foe Iran. But an Israeli military source told AFP that the exercises were ‘planned two years ago and are not linked to the situation in any country.’
| Not at all, nope, nope, and the exercises concerning the penetration of hardened bunkers? Those were planned long time ago also. |
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