Word: airpowerâ
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...dramatize Israel's concern about security at a time when the Begin regime is under U.S. pressure to pull out of the occupied territories elsewhere, especially in the West Bank. Israeli military men say that they had to commit such a large force?elements of two divisions, plus considerable airpower???so as to be ready to take on the Syrians if they chose to send some of the 30,000 troops they have in Lebanon into the fray on the Palestinians' side. Nonetheless, the whole operation was open to question on several grounds...
This was no drill. In stunning predawn air strikes across the face of the Arab world, Israeli jets all but eliminated Arab airpower???and with it any chance of an Arab victory. Without air cover, tanks and infantry under the clear skies of the desert offered little more than target practice. In a few astonishing hours of incredibly accurate bombing and strafing, Israel erased an expensive decade of Russian military aid to the Arab world...
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