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IDF: Navy conducted successful test of LRAD interceptor missile from Sa’ar 6 warship
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says the Navy recently conducted a successful test of an LRAD missile, part of the BARAK MX air defense system, launched from a Sa’ar 6-class corvette.
It says the test included a “precision rocket fired at a target representing a strategic asset at sea.”
The BARAK MX system identified the rocket and shot it down with an LRAD interceptor missile, according to the Navy.