Israel launches spy satellite-video and pictuers

[Proto Profile]

i actually sat outside at the time and got to see this missile fly,leaving behind it a long luminous comet like trail ,was totally puzzled as to what the hell was that thing ,only few hours later details started to surface , i live in the north ,pretty far from the launch location but apparently
it was visible from all over israel .
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you can see the trail at 1:19 but it looked far more impressive when i saw it above the north. .

Israel launches spy satellite

Israel boosts space presence: The defense establishment launched another spy satellite to space Tuesday evening, thereby boosting Israel's intelligence-gatherings capabilities, mostly at distant theaters.

The latest satellite, Ofek 9, will be the sixth one to be deployed simultaneously.

"When we wish to examine targets, we need our own satellites to do the job," a senior defense official said. "The new satellite will enable us to perform frequent activity at higher resolution."

The satellite was launched from the Palmachim Air Force base in central Israel, in line with a pre-determined plan unrelated to recent developments, officials said.

The Defense Ministry issued an official statement, saying that the Ofek 9 satellite "was launched and successfully injected into orbit by means of a Shavit satellite launcher."

"In the next phase, the satellite will undergo several tests for validation of its serviceability and satisfactory performance," the statement said, noting that Ofek 9 is an "advanced technology remote sensing satellite."

Officials want another $300 million
Defense Minister Ehud Barak praised Israel's defense industries and security establishment officials following the launch.

"The launch today is a technological and operational achievement; few states, especially states the size of Israel, are capable of handling such a complex challenge," he said. "The success of the launch is an expression of the valor, thinking, and extensive abilities of the defense industries and security establishment in Israel.

A security source said that the launch of Ofek 9 further boosts Israel's intelligence capabilities, as the Jewish State now has several satellites deployed in space, thereby considerably improving the results of its efforts.

Previous Israeli satellites were launched in January 2008, in June 2007, and in May 2002. In September 2004, the launched of Ofek 6 failed.

The new satellite is expected to join Israeli efforts related to Iran and other states in the region. Despite the Israeli success on this front, officials prefer to maintain a low key attitude and not say much about the accomplishments achieved thus far.

However, officials are supporting a proposal to earmark another $300 million in the next five years in order to continue developing similar means.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 70,00.html

[Mediasorcerer Profile]

its a shame the middle east cant just get along .i love my jewish friends as much as anyone i know,
you know something proto,im australian,and i love my country,and the great mix of folks who live here,i grew up with greeks,italians,chinese,jews,spanish,japanese,portuguese,irish,english,aboriginal,american,on and on and on,they all make up australia,
but if my government is behaving like a pack of arseholes[take the treatment of aboriginals,etc]
i will speak out against those who do this behaviour,no matter who they are,or where they are from,or what religion/race they are,
this is what the world needs,
fearless people who call out shitty behaviour,on any"side"and to do it without prejudice or favour,
its healthy for the world.i dont want to see israel not have a chance to exist,but not at the expense of innocent people either,
there has to be some give and take on BOTH SIDES>your a clever person,you would have to see it the same way?
fukit man,we are all humans! no one is above "god",ps great fotos!

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NATO SHOULD NUKE ISRAEL NOW.

[Electrobadgr Profile]

Is this supposed to be good news? Great,the most evil nation in the world has a spy satellite, forgive me for not crackin' open the bubbly. I am sure this new toy will serve them
well when attempting to start a war with Iran, " look, WMD's,... Get the nukes out!!"

[Harbin Profile]

Great !

[Proto Profile]

its a shame the middle east cant just get along .i love my jewish friends as much as anyone i know,
you know something proto,im australian,and i love my country,and the great mix of folks who live here,i grew up with greeks,italians,chinese,jews,spanish,japanese,portuguese,irish,english,aboriginal,american,on and on and on,they all make up australia,
but if my government is behaving like a pack of arseholes[take the treatment of aboriginals,etc]
i will speak out against those who do this behaviour,no matter who they are,or where they are from,or what religion/race they are,
this is what the world needs,
fearless people who call out shitty behaviour,on any"side"and to do it without prejudice or favour,
its healthy for the world.i dont want to see israel not have a chance to exist,but not at the expense of innocent people either,
there has to be some give and take on BOTH SIDES>your a clever person,you would have to see it the same way?
fukit man,we are all humans! no one is above "god",ps great fotos!

thanks m8 , of course i agree with you on the basics ,but what we disagree upon is the details , but i really didn't intended for this to turn to another political thread .

i'll give you a small example ,you said "there has to be some give and take on BOTH SIDES"
and i completely agree , so israel withdrawn from gaza in 2005 , did israel got anything in return ?
nope just more demands ,and the world continue to ignore the hamas charter that rejects
any peace initiative with israel and plainly declare that the only solution is jihad .
so what can israel do exactly ? keep giving and reward those who seek to destroy it ?
and there are plenty of other examples , but people just ignore it and put all the blame on
israel ,while any claim or statement from the Israeli side is automatically labeled as "Zionist propaganda"
which is wrong because both sides should make fundamental change in attitude in order to bring peace, it takes 2 to tango . you cant ignore one side of the argument while automatically
acknowledge any other bullshit claim from the other side ,and yet that's exactly what some of you do .

NATO SHOULD NUKE ISRAEL NOW.

that's pindz idea (and many other israel haters) of being humanitarian ...