Zionist Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at a joint press conference as they visit an Iron Dome defense system test launch in Ashkelon, Zion Israel. The Iron Dome was designed to intercept and destroy short-range shells and rockets. Panetta stressed that if economic sanctions do not compel Iran to end its nuclear program, the U.S. would have to consider military options to destroy it. |