Friday, July 6, 2018

IDF Deploys Iron Dome Batteries In The South




IDF deploys Iron Dome batteries in the south



The IDF deployed several Iron Dome batteries in southern Israel Thursday following a situational assessment, the military told The Jerusalem Post.

“The IDF is prepared for several scenarios and ready to defend the citizens of the State of Israel and its sovereignty,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

On Thursday, an IDF drone fired “a missile at a motorcycle” east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, adding that while there were no injuries the motorcycle was destroyed.

Israel’s air defenses currently include the Iron Dome, designed to shoot down short-range rockets and the Arrow system which intercepts ballistic missiles outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. The David’s Sling missile defense system is designed to intercept tactical ballistic missiles, medium- to long-range rockets, as well as cruise missiles fired at ranges between 40 to 300km.

In mid-June, the US Senate approved $500 million for Israel’s missile defense programs for the Iron Dome, Arrow-2, Arrow-3 and David’s Sling under the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. Another $50m. was approved for US-Israel counter-tunnel cooperation.


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