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Israeli military technology discovered in Kuwait, despite ban

9th January 2018 - 16:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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The Kuwaiti armed forces have been found to be using Israeli military technology, despite the Arab country not recognising the Jewish state and imposing a decades-long trade embargo.

Several Kuwaiti National Guard vehicles appear to have been outfitted with Israeli-made optical sensors, which Shephard saw first-hand at a defence industry exhibition held in Kuwait City in December.

The technology, which is fitted to the turret of the National Guard’s Pandur armoured vehicles, is known as the Multi Threat Detection System (MTDS) and warns the vehicle crew if they are being targeted by anti-tank weapons on the ground or laser-guided bombs

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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