Iron Dome meeting canceled in Knesset. Orlev acts after top officials skip...

Jerusalem Post;  March 25, 2008 ;     386 words ......03-25-2008 Headline: Iron Dome meeting canceled in...discuss progress on the Iron Dome rocket protection system...the meeting of the Defense Subcommittee of the...others - then- assistant Defense Minister Efraim Sneh. But when...officials that the Iron Dome will ...

Barak promises protection from 90% of all missiles. Iron Dome system to be...

Jerusalem Post;  October 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......90% of all missiles. Iron Dome system to be ready...within a few years," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the...confirmed that the Iron Dome system, which utilizes...Peretz, who served as defense minister during the war, took...

Rocket, missile shields in works; Iron Dome, David's Sling eye attacks...

The Washington Times;  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......operational in 2010, the Iron Dome system is meant to protect...mainly Raytheon. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared to have...Horowitz said, adding that Iron Dome will be effective against...said. Commanders assigned to Iron Dome batteries will have no ...

Defense Ministry to offer Iron Dome anti-Kassam system to US

Jerusalem Post;  March 13, 2008 ;     501 words ......03-13-2008 Headline: Defense Ministry to offer Iron Dome anti-Kassam system to US Byline: YAAKOV...the Pentagon in the Israeli-developed Iron Dome missile defense system and to explore...The Jerusalem Post has learned. The Iron Dome system is under development by the Rafael...

Iron Dome encounters unexpected delays

Jerusalem Post;  June 25, 2008 ;     282 words ......Jerusalem Post 06-25-2008 Headline: Iron Dome encounters unexpected delays Byline...25, 2008 -- Development of the Iron Dome anti-missile system has encountered...was postponed until next month, defense officials said Tuesday. Last February, then-defense minister Amir Peretz ...

Rafael gets rabbinic OK to work on Iron Dome on Shabbat

Jerusalem Post;  May 27, 2008 ;     342 words ......rabbinic OK to work on Iron Dome on Shabbat Byline: YAAKOV...2008 -- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has received special...work on Shabbat on the Iron Dome anti-Kassam missile defense...system. Last February, then-defense minister Amir Peretz chose Rafael's Iron ...

'Forget lasers, we're sticking with Iron Dome'

Jerusalem Post;  March 21, 2008 ;     281 words ......Forget lasers, we're sticking with Iron Dome' Byline: YAAKOV KATZ Edition; Daily Section...stands behind its decision to develop the Iron Dome missile defense system and appears to...correct decision when choosing Rafael's Iron Dome last year as Israel's anti-Kassam defense...

Ecuador army chief sacked over errors leading to defense minister'sdeath

Xinhua News Agency;  February 3, 2007 ;     251 words ......chief sacked over errors leading to defense minister's death QUITO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua...a helicopter crash that killed the defense minister and six others in January. "General...flight," said Ricardo Patino, acting defense minister. Machado, who only took office on...

Chinese defense minister leaves Beijing for 5 Asian-nation tour

Xinhua News Agency;  April 4, 2006 ;     108 words ...Chinese defense minister leaves Beijing for 5 Asian-nation...BEIJING, April 4(Xinhua)-- Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan left here Tuesday...Forces, Pham Van Tra, Vietnamese defense minister, Najib Tun Razak, Malaysia deputy...

DEFENSE MINISTER STARTS VISIT TO FIVE ASIAN, AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Xinhua English Newswire;  November 5, 1998 ;     89 words ...Chinese Defense Minister General Chi Haotian, also vice-chairman...at the invitation of South African Defense Minister Joe Modise, Botswanan Vice-President Ian Khama, Namibian Defense Minister Erikki Nghimtina, Mozambican Defense...

Chinese defense minister leaves for four-nation tour

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2004 ;     86 words ...Chinese defense minister leaves for four-nation tour BEIJING, Oct. 11...pays the visit at the invitation of French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Belgian Defense Minister Andre Flahaut, Samuel Schmid, defense minister...

Chinese defense minister back to Beijing from four-nation visit

Xinhua News Agency;  October 29, 2004 ;     137 words ...Chinese defense minister back to Beijing from four-nation visit BEIJING...Cao paid the visit at the invitation of French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, Belgian Defense Minister Andre Flahaut, Vice- president of the Swiss...

Chinese defense minister meets SCO counterparts on cooperative ties

Xinhua News Agency;  May 16, 2008 ;     318 words ...Chinese defense minister meets SCO counterparts on cooperative ties Eds: In the 7th para, please read "Uzbek Deputy Defense Minister Rustam Niyazov" instead of "Uzbek Defense Minister Ruslan Mirzaev." A corrected version follows...

Russian defense minister resigns amid shake-up

Daily Breeze;  September 19, 2007 ;     367 words ......ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW - Russia's defense minister has resigned, the country's new prime...choice as prime minister, said he and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov agreed their family...Duma, I had a conversation with the defense minister, who as you know, is a close relative...

Putin appoints new defense minister, first deputy PM

Xinhua News Agency;  February 15, 2007 ;     254 words ...Putin appoints new defense minister, first deputy PM MOSCOW, Feb...deputy prime minister and defense minister Sergei Ivanov first deputy...relieving him of the duties of defense minister, Russian news agencies reported...