Israel and US Announce Missile Defense Exercises

Israel and the United States will be holding a new set of joint exercises, later this month.

The three week long exercise will focus on missile defense, and will include one live fire event.

It's goal will be to test how well Israel would do if attacked by a multitude of missiles, both long and short range.

At least 3,500 US military personnel will be involved, with a thousand of those being in Israel for the duration.

Troop numbers, for Israel, have not yet been released, but it is believed that most of the IDF will take part.