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Last update - 04:09 11/05/2008 U.S. may offer Israel powerful new missile radar By Reuters Tags: Arrow, Israel, Iran  The Bush administration appears set to offer Israel a powerful radar system that could greatly boost Israeli defenses against enemy ballistic missiles while tying it directly into a growing U.S. missile shield. President George W. Bush is expected to discuss the matter during a visit to Israel on Wednesday to mark the country's 60th anniversary amid mounting U.S. concerns about perceived threats from Iran, people familiar with the matter said. This is "probably the No. 2 issue" on Bush's agenda for the visit, second only to the Middle East peace process, said Rep. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican who has spearheaded calls in Congress for tighter U.S. missile-defense ties with Israel. Advertisement The system Bush may offer is known as a forward-based X-band radar. Transportable by air, it uses high-powered pulsed beams for extremely high-resolution tracking of objects in space such as a missile that could be tipped with a chemical, germ or nuclear warhead. Built by Raytheon Co., the system has been described by U.S. officials as capable of tracking an object the size of a baseball from about 4,700 km away. It would let Israel's Arrow missile defenses engage a Shahab-3 ballistic missile about halfway through what would be its 11-minute flight to Israel from Iran, or six times sooner than Israel's "Green Pine" radar is currently capable of doing, Kirk said in a telephone interview. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death of a heroine Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 98. Apocalyptic tidings Holy See warns of nightmarish perils if Mideast nuclear arms race is not halted.   1.   And North Korea will offer Iran its new missile radar 05:17  |  Murray the Mongoose 11/05/08   2.   The US should also send a few other things 05:22  |  Kipperraes 11/05/08   3.   sad state of affiars 06:43  |  me 11/05/08   4.   What if Iran gets submarines from China or Russia? 07:05  |  Fortuna Benmayor 11/05/08   5.   Thanks for nothing 07:13  |  Natallie Durson 11/05/08   6.   Seems reasonable enough to me. 07:51  |  Johnboy 11/05/08   7.   I hope not 08:46  |  Mark Lincoln 11/05/08   8.   Duh! Fortuna 08:47  |  Mark Lincoln 11/05/08   9.   As a general principle 08:52  |  Mark Lincoln 11/05/08   10.   4 Fortuna - Iran has Subs 09:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/05/08   11.   To Natallie Durson 10:18  |  Dav 11/05/08   12.   The irrelevance of this radar system 11:05  |  Clickfool 11/05/08   13.   talk bak 16:56  |  ok i will 11/05/08   14.   Anything else you`d like from America, Israel? 19:41  |  Silvienne 12/05/08   15.   Re #7 citations? 01:37  |  DJStahl 13/05/08   16.   Re #7 the whispering campaign 20:11  |  DJStahl 13/05/08

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