Israeli military sources confirmed today reports that the Egyptians were building ground-to-air missile sites within a mile and a half of the west bank of the Suez Canal. The sources said they were puzzled as to the real purpose of such construction because the sites are within range of practically all of Israel’s defensive artillery emplacements on the east side of the canal.
The sources said that the new construction was part of a continuous build-up of Egyptian sites from the day when the cease-fire went into effect in August, 1970. Concrete bunkers are being built and covered with earth and the missile sites are being built around these bunkers. The bunkers apparently will serve as radar and operation bases for the missiles.
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