ISRAEL DEPLOYS 7 PAC-2 BATTERIES

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel is close to completion of an effort to deployseven PAC-2 anti-missile batteries.Israeli officials said the batteries include those obtained from Germanyand the United States and comprise an improved missile defense system. Theysaid the batteries received from Germany and the United States are superiorto the ones employed in the 1991 Gulf war."The warhead is larger and the impact at interception point will bestronger," Lt.