Israel successfully tests 150-km-range air defense missile

  23 March 2021    Read: 993
Israel successfully tests 150-km-range air defense missile

The Israeli government company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Monday that it has successfully tested a new long-range air defense system, AzVision.az reports citing Xinhua.

The live firing trials tested the capabilities of Barak ER (extended range) anti-ballistic missile in several scenarios and threats. This included the interception of an assaulting ballistic target by Barak ER's interceptor.

The ER missile, developed by IAI, combines the capability to intercept air defense threats at a long range of 150 km and ballistic targets as part of Barak interceptors' family of various ranges.

The extended range capability was made possible in part by adjusting the interceptor and the IAI's multi-mission radar (MMR) capabilities to the 150 km range.

The vertically launched missile includes a booster, a dual-pulse rocket motor, and an advanced radar homing seeker.

Established in 1953, IAI is considered a global leader in the supply of technologies and systems in the domains of land, air, sea, outer space and cyber.


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