Marconi is expected to complete the sale today of its mobile defence communications business to the Italian group, Finmeccanica, for about £400m.
The Allied Chiefs of Staff had sought to avoid an encounter mobile battle without any strong fixed defences to fall back on and hoped Belgian resistance would last long enough for a defensive line to be established.
The purpose of the defensive tunnels is to enable the Hamas command structure to reside safely underground while their armed forces conduct a mobile defence against Israeli forces.
The British forces in East Africa adopted the doctrine of "mobile defence" that was already being used in the Western Desert in North Africa—units embarked on long, constant patrols to guard wells and deny water supplies to the Italians.
"Going round the lecture halls and TV studios, he is dusting off his old favourites - an oil fund, a currency union and a mobile defence brigade - its like a greatest hits set.
Defences to tracing are possible.
Telecom equipper Marconi, hoping to cut debt, said on Thursday it was discussing the sale of its mobile communications defence unit to Italy's aerospace and engineering group Finmeccanica.
The easiest defence to play against is an unstructured defence.
65+ Defence to last longer.
The HQ-9 is a Chinese-made mobile air defence system, comparable to Russia's S-300 SAM, with a reported range of 125 miles.
