Israel to install radar antennae near nuclear site

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel will install two massive radar antennae near the Dimona nuclear plant to bolster its defence measures against Iran, the Maariv newspaper reported on Friday.

The 400 metre-high antennae will be erected in the Negev desert near a top-secret military site where Israel is widely believed to have developed the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, the paper said.

An Israeli army spokesman said a new installation was being constructed but would not give further details, saying only that it was a “military facility serving current military activities.”