Israeli Air Force Conducts First In Series Of Tests Of Country's Missile-Defense Systems -- Haaretz
The Israel Air Force conducted a first test late last week of all air defense systems connected to the country's missile defense. The test was completed to examine how the various systems would behave if a barrage of missiles were launched against Israel from a variety of distances - from the Gaza Strip to Iran.
Over the next few years, the Israel Defense Forces is set to acquire several active anti-missile defense systems: Iron Dome, for missiles fired from a maximum distance of six kilometers, and which will be operational in the coming months; Magic Wand and Arrow 3, for longer distances, which are still in development and expected to be deployed in about two years.
The systems will be operated by the air force air-defense units. Over the past year, work on the operational doctrine of the systems has been underway, which will seek to combine the various systems in the most effective way.
Read more ....
Update: Israel Models Missile Defense Performance -- Global Security Newswire
My Comment: Hezbollah has thousands of missiles in their arsenal .... Israel's missile defense system cannot get all of them, and they are dreaming if they believe that they can.
1 comment:
The trick is not to get all of them, just the ones that are on course to impact on a substantial target. That is only a few percent of the thousands which will be launched against Israel.
Post a Comment