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Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=219565&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Arens: Israel Still Dependent on U.S. Data for Scud Alerts

(Ha'aretz) - Although Israel has its own reconnaisance satellite in space, the Jewish state is still dependent on Washington for crucial real-time warnings of missile launchings from Iraq, Moshe Arens, defense minister during the 1991 Gulf war, said Monday. At present, only the U.S. and Russia possess the capability of keeping a satellite fixed in orbit over Iraq. Israel's Ofek spy satellite passes over Iraq, but only periodically, he said.

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