Israel launches first-ever multitier missile defense test December 16, 2020 Watch Israel’s first-ever multitier missile defense test using the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems. (Courtesy of Israel s Defense Ministry) JERUSALEM The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the first time demonstrated a multilayered air defense system using the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems in a recent series of tests. “Using this approach, a variety of threats may be identified and intercepted via full coordination and interoperability between the systems,” Moshe Patel, the head of IMDO, said Monday. The organization falls under the purview of the Ministry of Defense, whose minster, Benny Gantz, praised the “development of a multilayered air defense system [that] secures us from threats near and far.”
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The recent tests were conducted with the U.S. and proved that the system is can intercept threats simultaneously during conflict.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed a series of live-fire intercept tests of the David’s Sling weapon defense system, against threat-representative cruise and ballistic missiles, Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday.
The tests conducted were led by Rafael Advanced Systems from a testing site in central Israel, with the participation of the Israel Air Force (IAF) and Navy.
“This successful series is a critical milestone in the augmentation of Israel’s operational capabilities in defending itself against current and future threats,” the MoD stated.
690 Israel prepares for attack. Israel successfully carried out a series of air defense tests involving its short-range Iron Dome system, medium-range David’s Sling, and the long-range Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 antiballistic missile systems, according to the Israel Missile Defense Organization. The organization’s chief said after the drills that it was too soon to discuss selling the […]
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Israel’s defense ministry reported Tuesday that it has successfully tested for the first time a wide range of sea-based aerial defense systems. The tests took place in the past few weeks, with targets fired from sea-borne launchers, imitating various range missiles and drones. All were intercepted successfully by Israel’s multi-tier defense systems – Iron dome, Arrow, and David’s Sling, at times simultaneously.
Head of the Israel Missile Defense Organization in the Ministry of Defense, Moshe Patel said “through these tests, we demonstrated that the State of Israel has a robust, multilayered capability to face various threats – cruise missiles, UAVs [Unmanned Aerial Vehicles] and ballistic threats”.