The Arrow missile defense system was the first system developed after the Gulf War specifically to destroy targets outside the atmosphere.
The Arrow missile defense system shot down a missile fired outside the earth’s atmosphere by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The ballistic missile, which targeted the Israeli port city of Eilat, was launched from Yemen and flew approximately 1,600 kilometers over the Arabian Peninsula. Regarding this, on Thursday, November 2, reported IDF on its page on the social network X.
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The IDF has released few details about the intervention, but the Israeli Air Force is known to operate several batteries of the Arrow 2 system, which uses hypersonic interceptor missiles to destroy incoming targets at high altitudes outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its air force systems followed the missile’s trajectory and intercepted it at the most appropriate “operational moment”.
“A successful intervention is more than just protecting the people of Eilat and dealing the blow that the Houthis boast about. Above all, it proves to Iran, which was behind the launch and provided the missile to the Houthis, that Israel has the capability to act.” “This is an attack against the missile program and has much broader implications for the regional conflict,” an Israeli defense ministry official said.
What is known about the downed Houthi missile and Arrow missile defense
It was reported that the destroyed ballistic missile launched on Monday, October 30 was the Kader missile, an improved version of Iran’s Shahab-3. ‘
More than 15 meters long, Kader carries a high-explosive warhead and its range allows the Houthis to attack targets across Israel.
This is exactly the threat that Israel’s Arrow system, deployed nearly 25 years ago, was designed to counter.
The joint US-Israeli Arrow project arose from the need to give Israel the ability to defend itself after Israeli cities were attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during the First Gulf War in January 1991.
While other missile defense systems were originally designed to shoot down aircraft and had to be adapted to intercept long-range ballistic missiles at much higher altitudes and speeds, the Arrow missile defense system was the first system designed specifically for this mission.
Let us remind you that Iranian proxies in Yemen officially went to war against Israel on Monday, October 31. The official representative of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya al-Sari, announced that he actually supports the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and that military operations against Israel have begun.
Previously, the Israeli Ministry of Finance announced the cost of the war with Hamas. According to journalists, the forecast is based on the fact that the war will last 8 to 12 months, limited to the Gaza Strip, without the full participation of Lebanese Hezbollah, Iran or Yemen.
Source: Focus
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