(AP/Newsday)Steve Weizman - Israeli and American forces fired a salvo of Patriot missiles Tuesday as part of a joint exercise to test air defenses. A witness saw six missiles fired from a battery deep in southern Israel's Negev Desert, and the Israeli military said more missiles could be fired in the next few days. The U.S.-Israel maneuvers were assisted by a U.S. radar ship deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.
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