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The Reason Israel Won't Go Alone Against Iran May Be This Single Piece Of US Equipment - Business Insider
We previously reported on the deployment of U.S. troops and the radar system to Israel, which went pretty much unnoticed in 2008. What's set up now in the Negev desert is a very sophisticated system that is guarded quite jealously by the U.S. — the Israeli military isn't privy to all the data that is collected.
"We share a lot, but there's a valve on the pipeline, and it's a one-way valve," said a Western military official involved in the program to TIME.
Essentially, this forces Israel to be dependent on the Pentagon and its resources.