From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Updated David’s Sling anti-missile system successfully concludes series of tests
The Defense Ministry says it has completed a successful test of an updated version of the David’s Sling missile defense system.
The drill in the country’s south was conducted in cooperation with the US Missile Defense Agency and simulated various threat scenarios, the ministry says.
Moshe Patel, director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, says: “In this series of tests we were successful in bringing the system to the edges of its coverage [capability]…the system managed to perfectly eliminate every single target that was launched at it.
“We are now in the process of making the capabilities demonstrated here operational and handing them over to the air force.”
משרד הביטחון השלים סדרת ניסויים בגרסה המתקדמת של שרביט קסמים. "ישראל ממשיכה להיות פורצת דרך עולמית בפיתוח מערכות הגנה מפני טילים", אמר ראש הממשלהhttps://t.co/Il02XrV9ch pic.twitter.com/yNyFbjEVOa
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The David’s Sling makes up the middle tier of Israel’s multi-layered anti-missile defense network, targeting mid-range missile threats.
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