IDF says new interceptor system used to down Iranian drone earlier today

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The Israeli Air Force’s aerial defense array used for the first time a new interceptor to shoot down an Iranian drone earlier today, the military says.

One of the five drones launched from Iran at Israel today was shot down by the ground-based Barak system, according to the IDF.

It is unclear which variant of the system was used. The Israeli Navy has on its Sa’ar 6-class corvettes the Barak MX system, which has also intercepted Iranian drones amid the conflict.

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