The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory Saturday warning Israeli citizens to depart the region as soon as possible due to concerns about possible escalating violence between India and Pakistan.
The advisory called on Israelis who have relatives touring India to notify them of the danger, and for travellers in India to report either to Israel's embassy in New Delhi or its consulate in Bombay.
Meanwhile, India has asked Israel to speed up supply of a large number of Aerostat Ballons to give it capability to detect incoming attacks on targets up to 500 kms.
According to The Times of India, the two states have recently concluded an agreement to this effect and now Tel Aviv has been asked to speed up the delivery of the system, which is also capable of providing an in-depth battlefield surveillance as
well as track incoming enemy artillery shells.
As part of measures to further bolster defense against missiles, Indian officials said New Delhi was according top priority to upgrading border radar systems as well as looking at the United States anti-missile system, which is presently in testing stage.
Officials said India was evaluating the American system, which was likely to be fielded by 2005-2006, with Washington inviting Indian experts to missile command post exercises in June. (Albawaba.com)
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