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| Israel: New anti-missile defense system set for installation |
| 2009-08-24 |
| Ma'an -- Israel's new anti-missile defense system will arrive within the next ten days, and is set to be operational sometime over the next year, according to a report on Israel Radio on Sunday. An officer in the Israeli military's artillery corps told the station that the "Iron Dome" system would be operational within ten months, and that it would be installed along the Gaza Strip border to detect incoming projectiles from the territory. Based on radar-detection technology, the Iron Dome was designed in 2007 by an Israeli company called Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, was created to intercept short-range shells and projectiles. The project has been controversial, due both to its reported cost of 210 million US dollars and questions over effectiveness. However, the country's military has said tests conducted since the summer of 2008 have demonstrated the system works. Meanwhile on Sunday, the same company announced it would sell a similar missile defense system to India's air force. The Indian cabinet approved the deal, estimated at 1 billion US dollars, on Wednesday, according to the Jewish Telegraph Agency. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 In the interim, Sderot should receive a 105mm Howitzer that it can use to shoot down incoming rockets. It's not the most accurate anti-rocket device, but they can't be blamed for trying to protect themselves. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-08-24 11:20 |