Posted on 12/15/20
| News Source: i24
Iron Dome system upgrade not only includes short-range rockets and mortars but also drones, cruise missiles.
Israel's Defense Ministry in conjunction with the United States Missile Defense Agency (USMDA) announced Tuesday a successful series of intercept tests of an advanced version of the David's Sling Weapon System.
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The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), of the Defense Directorate R&D in the Defense Ministry together with USMDA "completed a series of live-fire intercept tests of David's Sling weapon system, against threat-representative cruise and ballistic missiles," according to a Defense Ministry statement.
Rafael Advanced Systems conducted the tests from a site in central Israel, in which Israel's Air Force and Navy participated. Read more at i24