Tag: missile defense

Defense Minister Katz described it as "the weapon of the future," capable of eliminating entire categories of threats with unmatched precision.

“The majority of Iran’s air defense was taken out,” a senior Israeli official said.

Tehran now conducting tests before any new attack due to the massive failure rate in April.

"Our cooperation with the US government is essential to the system’s development process and to the achievement of this significant agreement. "

The Israeli forces operated the Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome air defense systems. The Americans operated the Patriot, Aegis, and THAAD systems.

The IDF is not planning to replace the existing ground to air systems but only to complement them.

The test consisted of several scenarios, including rockets, cruise missiles, and UAVs.

Later in the day, we received these images from the launch from Israel's Defense Ministry. Enjoy.

“If we can’t defend Guam—the airbase and the other things there—it’s really hard to project power into the Pacific.”

Combining the development capabilities and the vast know-how of Lockheed Martin and IAI experience will create win-win opportunities for both sides.

"It is your spirits and belief in the righteousness of your missions that make you, my dear ones, the best.”

"The laser system will add a new layer of protection at greater ranges and in facing a variety of threats."

These batteries will be employed in the defense of US troops against a variety of ballistic and aerial threats.

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act ordered the Pentagon to purchase the two Iron Dome batteries and to start testing them in 2020.

In 2019, the US Army announced its intent to buy two Iron Dome batteries to fill a need for an interim capability.

The benefits of a laser interception system are the continuous and low-cost use, and improving the effectiveness of the protection systems as a result of using two different and complementary technologies – kinetic air defense such as the Iron Dome system and the laser.

According to Walla News, following the escalation in the south, the IDF is starting to call up reserve forces for the defense of the Gaza Strip envelope.

What goes up must come down, says founder and former head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Homa Directorate Uzi Rubin, and all militaries know it and account for it.

Gazan claim that they flew a drone over Zikim, the IDF claims they launched at a missile.

London-based Arabic daily reports that Israeli F-35 stealth fighters were used to carry out two strikes on Iranian assets in Iraq this month; no comment from Israel.

At 9:05 PM the rocket alert went off in the Gush Dan / Tel Aviv region.

The experiment was carried out against the background of renewed tensions in Israel's north.

The Trophy consists of a radar-detection system that recognizes incoming missiles and projects their trajectories, with launchers that shoot metal pellets, causing the incoming missile or rocket to explode away from the tank.

"The SPYDER weapons are also incompatible with the earlier supplied Russian surface-to-air missile systems, which lowers the efficiency of Vietnam’s united air defense.”

Pompeo: "As we have been warning for some time, Iran’s missile testing and missile proliferation is growing."

A bus was hit by a rocket.

The transaction was entered following an international tender in which IAI competed against several defense leaders.

The transaction's value, if the report is true, is estimated at tens of millions of dollars, and the parties allegedly signed a commitment that the system would not pose a danger to Israel and its allies in the near or distant future.

Arrow 3 can be launched before it is known where the target missile is going, and be redirected using its thrust-vectoring nozzle to close the gap and conduct a "body-to-body" interception.

"Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran joined the club of air-to-air missiles manufacturers."