How Israel handles airport security

Re:How Israel handles airport security by philwelch on Monday November 15, 2010 @08:36PM (#1908716)

The IDF is more specialized in counterterrorism than the US military, but that's because counterterrorism is 70-80% of the IDF's mission--the other 20-30% being defense against comparatively feeble Arab armies. The IDF also only has to defend itself.

The US military has much, much wider requirements--it has obligations to South Korea, Japan, NATO, and the entire Western hemisphere, which demand a strong conventional warfighting ability.

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by maxawaytoolong on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @10:35AM (#1910380)

Check out the book "Imperial Grunts" by Robert Kaplan. The US military also has forces in Kenya, Yemen, the Philippines, Mongolia, and Columbia.

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by d2viant on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @03:26PM (#1915590)

To be even more specific, the US military has a presence in over 150 countries.

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Re:How Israel handles airport security by philwelch on Friday November 19, 2010 @07:12PM (#1923340)

People quote that statistic all the time. Suspiciously, the US also has over 150 embassies, and each of them is guarded by a small detachment of Marines. I wonder what the number really is when you stop counting embassy guard details.

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