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to threaten iran. threatens to retaliate talk to a man who used to be in charge of the ministry of defense missile unit but whether conflict is unavoidable. with me i have aria hertzog the former head of the israel missile defense organization so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. one major media outlets seem to agree that the decision by netanyahu and the israeli defense minister the rock to strike iran is imminent with some suggesting

that it might even happen this for israel on the brink of going to war with iran i have no idea about that. the same as you do. i believe that we are preparing all the options. i believe also but the u.s. is preparing options. which will see what happens iran has denied that it is pursuing nuclear weapons and despite the rhetoric on the rainy inside it has not struck anyone why would iran strike israel if israel did not strike iran first first before iran did declare very clearly the they're preparing themselves to wipe israel from the globe which means that there is a real threat on their side in addition to that they did develop very carefully the delivery capabilities they have. ground to ground ballistic missile most of your kind she had three assure him twenty five. most of them deployed in

quantities and what they still need to eat the nuclear device to be put on top of those missiles in order to have the full capability to attack us no you just need to combine this activities in this capability is that there are always the threat of the iranian president and find out whether we need to be. in a position to try to do our best. to prevent a nuclear capability it's believed that israel has several hundred nuclear warheads and very clearly israel is threatening to strike iran could it not be said that israel is the more belligerent party here i don't believe so with israeli i don't know about israeli nuclear capability i know that. putting a lot of money in missile defense in trying to defend our population from

aggression from outside interviews that you've given in your link to the prevention of a nuclear iran with the holocaust do you really think that a nuclear iran would mean the destruction of the state of israel i hope not but there is a possibility i mean iran having nuclear capability and delivery capability to the state of israel who would be in a position who is. proper. to believe that they could destroy israel by few nuclear missiles and if this would be their believe they also could use it therefore we must be sure that nothing like that can be can happen they all reports that suggests that the israeli home front is simply not prepared for war with iran that there are inadequate bomb shelters that they're not enough gas masks would you not say that this unprepared home find

together with the war rhetoric is not simply potential adventurism no i don't think so. i do believe that there are many reasons why to attack in many reasons why not to a took the decision makers should take all those into account in order to make the proper decision on the other hand the home front is doing a very great job in making the defenses better and better all the time it is not done in one year it takes a few years before becoming. good enough and this is where we are what are your thoughts on the very public divide between the security establishment which is warning against a strike and the political establishment which seems to support when this is definitely a political question i don't think that i have enough bigger and i don't know all the latest information that the political people do have. and the military people

have only. normally the decision will be taken based on real information and looking at all the options and looking at all the possibilities before that. according to a recent poll forty six percent of israelis are against a strike on iran with fifty eight percent disappointed in netanyahu his performance why would he launch a war against iran if it does not have wide public support i don't think that. the neo has in mind launching a war you know has in mind. preventing nuclear and this is what it has in mind i don't believe that it must be a war must. it must include as many as possible different ways to stop them one of them may be war but it doesn't have to we were i

believe that he's taking into account all the potential possibilities he's decision will be taken based on that for me israeli prime minister hood on it has said that developments in iran did not warrant an israeli strike anytime soon or in the future now you were head of the israeli missile defense organization joining the term of office of all that why would olmert and netanyahu see things so differently knowing this is again political i don't believe the the. for and. different to the situation based on current. intelligence information i believe that almost does not have the information so basically what i would say is relevant to his period of being prime minister what could a potential strike on iran look like i have no idea about what

a strike would look like because there are many ways to strike the iranians and definitely cannot discover them how prepared is israel to intercept even your missiles israel has to. basically the. weapon system being in place in the israeli air force with significant number of interceptors. being in a position to defend the whole. area of israel. and. trained i believe that the chances of intercepted. a threat coming from iran is much better the chances of the threat to hit israel so i do believe very strongly in the capability of our defense system how important is our missile defense system as a deterrence to have an. major advantage of having

a good missile defense. is that the other side even if it has unconventional capability. think twice and more before strike because its chances to get a counterattack maybe even bigger than his chances to succeed in the park what is your assessment of iran's second strike capabilities depends what happens in the first strike i don't know i mean. i don't believe that simply a strike to heat nuclear. facilities is what may happen the strike is something that may be doing a lot of different things and only after you see what happened in the first one you can assess what is going to happen in the second and i have no idea about what is

planned if a strike on iran because we're likely to see a response from both hamas and hizbollah with hundreds if not thousands of rockets raining down on israel could israel withstand battles on various fronts i believe so we do have. rocket attacks from the ban on same with the gaza strip and i believe that it's always better to have them but this is not as problematic as the iranians having nuclear capability but at the same time a strike could ignite a wider regional war if not a world war with major powers like the united states being born in is that a risk that israel is prepared to take i don't know i believe that this is one of the considerations i don't know whether it. is willing to take what about

syria and its reported chemical and biological weapons could the fall of bash our side and not see those weapons forming into the wrong hands and also being further spread throughout the region i don't know i know that today i was quite well protected by the army of. bashar assad. in the future depends of the new if there will be in your gym and anything can happen this is a real potential to get into the hands of. of those organizations but you can. work has been through her but i hope song thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. i'm going to work out. download

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. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. headlines on our breaking economic barriers and a free trade zone in asia pacific those items dominating discussions of the apec summit in russia vladimir putin outlining a greater role for the country's partnership with china in shaping regional and global affairs. and u.s. it sends more agents to the border with syria to train the rebels as france consider sending them heavy artillery meanwhile syrian state television says a bomb blast has killed at least five people the most about six. and barack obama formally becomes the democrats' presidential candidate with more promises of change

because opponents say he's failed to deliver on his original pledges from four years ago obama did hit back at the republicans criticizing mitt romney for calling russia america's number one enemy. of all the sports you go with me so you know neal you know it's an extremely poignant day in the world of sports and it's certainly it's exactly one year already today since the tragic. ice hockey team lost their lives we commemorate that now over the next ten minutes. thank you for joining us this is what's today plenty head hitting. the road to brazil fabio capello makes his competitive debut as boss of russia later on friday as northern ireland visit moscow for their opening world cup qualifier. smooth

progress novak djokovic stays on course to defend his u.s. open title and a title after a straight sets quarterfinal win over juan martin del potro. remembering one year on since a plane crash claimed the lives of three entire committee got to stop ice hockey support our team can reach those who lost but. we kick off a football where russia are big favorites to get off to winning start tonight in their quest to reach world cup twenty fourteen a big night for fabio capello the italian taking the russian reins for the very first time in a competitive fixture of good news for the former england boss is that he has a full strength squad to choose from for the northern irish test it should also be a night remember for any self there is a need midfielder named team captain for the first time both he and his coach stressing the need to look forward after the country's group stage exit at europe twenty twelve. what happened to the past is.

working a good. mother i think always made. to see form work to achieve absolutely ideal the next. will be really really good i think the team the do a good this is a good team the games they played the euros they played in some games really really well. and they want to see the same. spirit the same team the same is that they saw in some games that the play that you are. michael o'neill is also taking charge for the first time northern ireland manager for the game the former shell mark roofer's boss relishing his side status of underdog. it's a game we have everything to gain. all the expectation is in russia they have always had very highly respect for medical coach and highly respect them for medals fraud and so as

a small nation we can really benefit from the whole experience some of the day but we try and make things as difficult as we can for us this morning. well also include back from friday portugal and make the trip to look simberg while i was there by john israel elsewhere twenty ten world cup finalists the netherlands host turkey four time winners italy are in bulgaria germany are overwhelming favorites at home to the fertile island and events are in moldova while france travel to. let's talk tennis for all four u.s. open men semifinalists are no no one thomas burdick joined by defending champion by chalk which on for on thursday joe which needing only three sets to san juan martin del potro packing the second seeded serve easily taking the opener six to me had to work much harder though in the second set edging it on a tie break before seeing the final set six games to i.

accept the job which would be to get you to sort of it in an epic five set encounter with for four and a half hours with the fourth to see the spaniard claiming the first set six three he would lose the next two before storing back in the fourth a six three to force a decider for all to lumber about for one deficit in the final set and force a tie break when set. to go off for the european challenge tour begins its russian leg this week with the challenge cup being held just outside moscow it's one of the country's biggest events with total prize money reaching two hundred fifty thousand euro michael christian co cross the fairway to bring us more. was traditionally an old sport but russia is still pretty new to it there are a few russian professional golfers and even fewer professional golf courses but it's a live a golf club just outside moscow has made sure it stands out not only in russia but internationally and it's attracting professional golfers from all over the world obviously. and this could be good for russian people.

people professional and i'm going. to encourage the russian people to stop playing golf but of course it's more than just a jack nicklaus designed golf course it's part of the european challenge tour which is naturally up the stakes and attracted a whole bunch of pro golfers to the event to challenge and that's pretty high level in europe and i think everyone wants to get the chance to play as many tournament or so you want and this one is a good week for a lot of guys and i think the guys are. probably struggle but otherwise i think it's really good field this one of the few russian golfers participating in this year's cup there's one that people would be forgiven for thinking he's on the wrong court tennis legend of guinea kafelnikov is surprising one of russia's brightest golfing enthusiastic so much so that he won the russian cup in twenty

eleven he's an avid supporter of further investment into the sport and previously has been a spokesman for the cup. this tournament is without doubt the great russian gold i want to see more and more of such tournaments happening in the country but for now we have to make do with what we have you know maybe russia's biggest problem is the fact that there are still so few professional golfers in the country if the only recognizable player is a former tennis great then there's obviously room for improvement and with immaculate eighteen hole courses like that to leave a golf course it must only be a matter of time so the players are in unison that russia still has a way to. before you can realistically challenge some of the more established golfing destinations around the world but with state of the art courses like this the sport will only benefit and the next three days some of the world's best golfers will duke it out to see just who will take the bulk of the two hundred fifty thousand euro prize money and with my handicap it certainly ain't going to be me like

a. moscow region plenty to work on there michael it's a somber day all across russia indeed the sporting world of the country commemorating one year since the european crash which killed the entire lukman t.v. audience level ice hockey team friends and families of the forty four victims along with qantas fans paying their respects in the central russian city a morning church service followed by a flower laying ceremony on friday. the families of the deceased then travel to the site of the crash at the national airport where commemorative monument has been built ice hockey fans from across the globe have also been arriving in the city for sitting on a silent march to the tennis venue the jerseys of all the victims will later be raised up to the rafters of the sports we know only the flight engineer survived the tragedy with the memory still clearly overwhelming the role for the victims from let's. just hope that in time they find strength that they find peace and then they're able to. have

you know to take with some. of those good strong although the use of. the. r t pays tribute to those who lost their lives on that tragic september night last year.

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