Israel conducts test of Arrow anti-missile system

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JERUSALEM: Israel successfully conducted its first nighttime test of the Arrow anti-missile system, the Defense Ministry said.

The system is being developed jointly by Israel and the United States to intercept medium and long-range ballistic missiles.

A Defense Ministry statement said an air force plane launched a target and two Arrow batteries homed in on it with their radar. An Arrow missile intercepted the target.

"The target missile simulated a nonexistent ballistic missile operating under extreme conditions," the statement said.

The system reached "an important milestone by completing another successful test," it added.

This was the 10th test of the whole system and the 15th of the interceptor, the ministry said.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp#17720

 

[HASEEB66]

oh will they sell to us because patriot missile system was unable to deliver in the gulf war..

 

[vnomad]

oh will they sell to us because patriot missile system was unable to deliver in the gulf war..

By us did you mean:-

a) U.K.
b) Pakistan
c) or were you just being sarcastic

Pakistan doesn't recognize the state of Israel. It has no official ties, diplomatic or otherwise with Israel. You can scarcely expect them to sell or Pakistan to buy.

 

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JERUSALEM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Israeli defense establishment is considering deploying more anti-missile system batteries throughout the country, in addition to the two currently in place, local Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.

According to the report, additional Arrow 2 missiles and launchers might be positioned in key locations in Israel, such as near the Dimona nuclear reactor.

Currently, there are two Arrow 2 batteries, one stationed in Palmahim in the south, the other in the north, near Ein Shemer.

On Sunday night, Israel Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted its first nighttime trial of Arrow 2 anti-missile system, during which both batteries were involved, with the one near Ein Shemer using its radar to locate and track the "enemy" missile and the one in Palmahim firing the interceptor.

Now IAF plans to test an upgraded version of the missile called the Arrow 2.5 in two months, defense sources was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

The report said that the Arrow 2.5 will carry a larger warhead and to be capable of reaching higher altitudes, where it is safer to destroy nonconventional weapons.

Arrow anti-missile system was jointly developed by Israel and the United States to intercept medium and long-range ballistic missiles.

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