The Israel Defense Forces carries out a successful test of the Arrow anti-missile system; Arrow batteries intercept and destroy a long range ballistic test missile in what army describes as most complicated maneuvers
Hanan Greenberg
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a successful test of the Arrow anti-missile system on Thursday in a secret location in the center of the country, the army said.
The Arrow batteries intercepted a ballistic test missile and destroyed it in what experts described as the most complicated interception test carried out by the military so far.
Around 10:30 am Israel time, the Arrow system was activated to intercept a long range ballistic test missile of sophisticated maneuvering
capabilities. The test missile was intercepted and destroyed.
The army said preparations for the complicated maneuver had been going on for a long time, refuting any connection between Iran’s nuclear activity and the Arrow test.
Security officials told Ynet that Israel can never be content with the Arrow system which is constantly being upgraded to have better interception capabilities.
“We are in a continuous process of developing the (Arrow) system in line with the developments in our region,” a senior official said.
“We have the Iranian threat but also the Syrian threat with Syria possessing Scud missiles of the improved D range and this obligates us to constantly improve the system,” the official added.
(12.02.05, 11:48)
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December 2, 2005 at 10:37 am