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Eyeballing Iran? US commissions 361 cruise missiles
Yitzhak Benhorin, 06.24.12, 07:43 / Israel News
WASHINGTON The United States has commissioned 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, and some 238 of them are meant to find their way to the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Ynet learned on Sunday.
According to the Business Insider, the deal inked on the backdrop of repeated deadlocks in the nuclear negotiations between the West and Iran may suggest that the US is gearing for a possible military campaign against the Islamic Republic.
US defense contractor Raytheon won the deal, for a reported $331 million.
According to the report, the deal which follows repeated statements by both Israel and the US that "all options are on the table," and in view of Iran's recent naval maneuvers and military exercises is another sign that "all sides are getting ready for the possibility of military conflict."
The missiles commissioned, the report added, "Will be designed to launch from submarines and the remainder from Navy ships currently operating with the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain east of Iran."
Eyeballing Iran? US commissions 361 cruise missiles - Israel News, Ynetnews
Yitzhak Benhorin, 06.24.12, 07:43 / Israel News
WASHINGTON The United States has commissioned 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, and some 238 of them are meant to find their way to the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Ynet learned on Sunday.
According to the Business Insider, the deal inked on the backdrop of repeated deadlocks in the nuclear negotiations between the West and Iran may suggest that the US is gearing for a possible military campaign against the Islamic Republic.
US defense contractor Raytheon won the deal, for a reported $331 million.
According to the report, the deal which follows repeated statements by both Israel and the US that "all options are on the table," and in view of Iran's recent naval maneuvers and military exercises is another sign that "all sides are getting ready for the possibility of military conflict."
The missiles commissioned, the report added, "Will be designed to launch from submarines and the remainder from Navy ships currently operating with the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain east of Iran."
Eyeballing Iran? US commissions 361 cruise missiles - Israel News, Ynetnews