Israel's IAI Unveils "TERRA" A Radar System To Track Long Range Ballistic Missiles

Jerusalem Post: WATCH: IAI unveils unprecedented radar system as long-range ballistic missile threats increase

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled on Sunday a radar system named TERRA, which is capable of early-warning detection and accurate tracking of very long-range targets.

TERRA has been operating for two years already, in the service of a client that IAI declined to name.

IAI's subsidiary, ELTA Systems, which has built the radars for all of Israel's air defense systems, unveiled Terra at a security facility in southern Israel on Sunday.

The system is made up of two radars: The UTRA UHF band system, which ELTA unveiled earlier this year, and the new SPECTRA S-band system, which ELTA officially introduced to the international market on Sunday.

Update: Terra – Israel’s Strategic Multi-Radar System-of-Systems for Air- and Missile-Defense from IA (Defense Update)

WNU Editor: I have to give credit to these Israeli military tech firms .... they are on the cutting edge.

US To Activate Anti-Missile Radar In Israel Next Month

From Khaleej Times:

JERUSALEM - A radar system, which the United States agreed in July to deploy in Israel to counter a perceived missile threat from Iran, is to go operational in mid-December, army radio reported on Saturday.

The US military technicians who will operate the system are currently carrying out the final tests, the radio said.

The radar system, which has a range of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles), has been installed in the Negev desert in southern Israel.

Some 120 US troops have been deployed to Israel to set up and operate the system, public radio reported in late September.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates agreed to the deployment after Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and army chief Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi made separate visits to Washington in July to discuss the perceived Iranian threat.

It was formally announced by the Pentagon early last month.

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My Comment: This radar system is going to make everyone in the neighborhood nervous.