Oct 18, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has deployed the first Arrow-2 interceptormissiles in an acceleratedeffort to protect the nation against Iraqi threats.

Jul 09, 2001

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia is said to have tested a new system being marketedto the Middle East and capable of ballistic missile interception.

Jul 11, 2001

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's air force has acquired the S-300 and developedcountermeasures as part of an assessment that its Arab neighbors willeventually obtain the advanced Russian anti-aircraft system.

Aug 06, 2001

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded several Israelisoldiers near military headquarters in this city.