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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-gas-fields-pose-naval-security-challenge-134150994.html?_esi=1
Israel Gas Fields Pose Naval Security Challenge
(AFP) Maxime Perez - Faced with new challenges posed by major offshore gas discoveries, Israel is looking to significantly increase its military presence on the high seas in a bid to protect its economic waters. With extraction of vast reserves of recently-discovered natural gas due to begin next year, top military officials have been putting together a plan for securing oil rigs stationed within Israel's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The gas fields are likely to provide an attractive target for enemies of the Jewish state. Israel's EEZ extends 70 nautical miles (129 km.) offshore from Rosh Hanikra on the Lebanese border and some 100 nautical miles from Israel's border with Gaza in the south.