Camp Idan (Nachshonim) Military Storage Base | arsenal / weapon and ammunition storage, logistics company, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

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 arsenal / weapon and ammunition storage, military, logistics company, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
5004th Territorial Logistics Support Unit (Res)
Main Logistics Support Camp attached to the IDF Central Command, built for the IDF by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It also houses the entire 340th 'Idan'/'Age' (Reserve) Armor Division, the largest single operational unit in the IDF comprising in at least 3 Armor Brigades and 2 additional Infantry Brigades and a further Artillery Brigade. See here for details :
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The new $125 million base was constructed jointly by Israel and the United States located next to Kibbutz Nachshonim south of Rosh Ha'ayin. The base is also called Nachshonim. Spread out on 1,700 dunams of rolling scrubland, the bases boasts 23,000 sq. m. of constructed space in some 210 buildings. Over 23 km. of roads were paved on the base. But the largest investment was in its logistical center for the divisional forces that include 10 separate company staging areas. It is here that, in an emergency, the division will report to be equipped and outfit their tanks for battle.

"The facility provides the IDF with a location for storing military equipment for decades", a US embassy statement said. "With specialized storage units to control humidity and dust levels, the base will store supplies, vehicles and other equipment that artillery, infantry and armored brigades will need during a call up". It is the third and largest in a series of bases the Americans agreed to build as part of the Wye River Memorandum. That agreement, made when Binyamin Netanyahyu was prime minister and Yitzhak Mordecahi was his defense minister, obligated Israel to relocate its military facilities from the West Bank. At least $266 million had been earmarked for this out of US aid to Israel."

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www.his-forever.com/american_built_military_base_in_isr...
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Command_(Israel)
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Coordinates:   32°2'43"N   34°59'17"E

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  • AKA Mahane Idan?
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