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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
IDF successfully tests ‘Iron Dome for boats’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s Navy announces a successful test of a new sea-bound anti-missile defense system, nicknamed the “Iron Dome of the sea.”
The Tamir-Adir system can intercept short-range ballistic missiles while placed on a moving ship and will be used to protect strategic assets, such as natural gas rigs, in Israel’s territorial waters.
Col. Ariel Shir, head of combat systems in the Israeli Navy, says the system uses technology developed for Iron Dome but adjusted for the operational needs of a moving vessel.
Shir says that during tests carried out two weeks ago, the system shot down every one of a salvo of short-range ballistic rockets fired from the shore.
— Raoul Wootliff
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