"Israeli" Army conducts second largest exercise since July 2006 War
Source: Compiled by English.hizbollah.tv, 8-11-2008
The "Israeli" Army Northern Command has conducted the second largest exercise since the July War, which simulated a double-front conflagration with Syria and Lebanon, Haaretz reported Friday. The drill involved "Israeli" Military Intelligence directorate and the general staff. "Unlike headquarter-level exercises from the past, Crossing Arms entailed the deployment of troops on the ground, comprising mainly reservists," the daily noted.
The drill, codenamed "Shiluv Zro'ot III" (Crossing Arms III), was "a strategic-level simulation involving all Army's commands" that drilled the forces in "dealing with protocol and problem-solving missions under the simulated firing of thousands of rockets and missiles into the heart of "Israel"," Haaretz wrote.
"Israeli" Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told his officers that the importance of the drill "stemmed from the fact that it involved all Army's operational arms, and from the fact that it was put together in a way which internalized the lessons of the Second Lebanon War," the daily wrote.
Ashkenazi himself flew aboard a Boeing Integrated War Systems AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter during the drill and went aboard an "Israel" Navy submarine. Other visitors included President Shimon Peres and War Minister Ehud Barak, according to Haaretz.
"Additionally, helicopter gunships and airplanes were sent on mock raids and evacuation missions. The aircraft did not fire live ammunition, according to army sources ... During the drill, the striking aircraft were under orders to focus on imaginary long and medium-range missile launchers. The responsibility for knocking out shorter range rockets lay on ground troops that were ordered to carry out an on-paper invasion into Syrian and Lebanese territory," the daily reported.
The "Israeli" Army Northern Command has conducted the second largest exercise since the July War, which simulated a double-front conflagration with Syria and Lebanon, Haaretz reported Friday. The drill involved "Israeli" Military Intelligence directorate and the general staff. "Unlike headquarter-level exercises from the past, Crossing Arms entailed the deployment of troops on the ground, comprising mainly reservists," the daily noted.
The drill, codenamed "Shiluv Zro'ot III" (Crossing Arms III), was "a strategic-level simulation involving all Army's commands" that drilled the forces in "dealing with protocol and problem-solving missions under the simulated firing of thousands of rockets and missiles into the heart of "Israel"," Haaretz wrote.
"Israeli" Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told his officers that the importance of the drill "stemmed from the fact that it involved all Army's operational arms, and from the fact that it was put together in a way which internalized the lessons of the Second Lebanon War," the daily wrote.
Ashkenazi himself flew aboard a Boeing Integrated War Systems AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter during the drill and went aboard an "Israel" Navy submarine. Other visitors included President Shimon Peres and War Minister Ehud Barak, according to Haaretz.
"Additionally, helicopter gunships and airplanes were sent on mock raids and evacuation missions. The aircraft did not fire live ammunition, according to army sources ... During the drill, the striking aircraft were under orders to focus on imaginary long and medium-range missile launchers. The responsibility for knocking out shorter range rockets lay on ground troops that were ordered to carry out an on-paper invasion into Syrian and Lebanese territory," the daily reported.
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