David's Sling performs a successful interception

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The Israeli Defense Ministry says the David's Sling missile defense system has carried out the first successful interception.

 
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David's Sling missile system unveiled in Paris Airshow June 2013


Israel's David's Sling missile interceptor went on display for the first time this week at the Paris Air Show. Its co-manufacturers, Rafael, say the system is designed to compliment the Iron Dome defensive shield used in the Gaza conflict, and will be operational within two years.


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Missile defense system intercepts target in second live test



mid-range missile defense system, intended to close a large gap in Israel's aerial defense readiness, successfully completed an intercept test Wednesday, the Defense Ministry announced.

The David's Sling, jointly developed by the Israel Missile Defense Organization and the US Missile Defense Agency, can address rocket and mid-range ballistic missile threats, as well as drones and incoming aircraft, and would fill a gap between the existing short-range Iron Dome system and the Arrow 2, a long-range ballistic missile defense system.

This is the second successful test for the system.

At 7:30 a.m., a target missile was launched, and then detected and tracked by Elta's Israeli-made radar. The target information was conveyed to the command-and-control center and a Stunner missile, a highly maneuverable projectile jointly developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon Missile Systems, destroyed the target.

The Defense Ministry called the successful test "a major milestone" in the development of the system and added in a statement that this "provides confidence in future Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threat."

Israel's enemy to the north, Hezbollah, is believed to possess upwards of 70,000 rockets and missiles, many of them falling within the 70-300 kilometer (45-190 mile) range that the David Sling system is meant to cover.


The Defense Ministry could not confirm a 2014 target date for the operational readiness of the system, reiterating only that the test was one milestone on the path to readiness.

Missile defense system intercepts target in second live test | The Times of Israel
 

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