The Defense Ministry announces it is postponing a planned live-fire test of the long-range Arrow 3 missile defense system in Alaska in order to ensure “maximum readiness” of the battery.
The ministry statement offer no details of what might be required to achieve said readiness.
“Following consultation between the American Missile Defense Agency and the Israeli Defense Ministry, it was decided to postpone the test of the Arrow 3 system in Alaska — this is in order to reach maximum preparedness ahead of the test in the American [airfield],” the ministry says.
In its statement, the ministry says it is working with the MDA to schedule another time for a test of the system, which was declared operational last year.
“It should be stressed that there is no connection between this and the operational systems (Arrow 2 and Arrow 3), which are in use by the Israeli Air Force,” the ministry says.
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