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Check Out Israel’s Newest Missile Defense System: ‘David’s Sling’
The Blaze ^ | November 25, 2012 | Erica Ritz

Posted on 11/25/2012 10:06:22 PM PST by cruise_missile

(TheBlaze/AP) — Israel successfully tested its newest missile defense system Sunday, the military said, a step toward making the third leg of what Israel calls its “multilayer missile defense” operational.

The “David’s Sling” system is designed to stop mid-range missiles. It successfully passed its test, shooting down its first missile in a drill Sunday in southern Israel, the military said.

The system is designed to intercept projectiles with ranges of up to 300 kilometers (180 miles).

Israel has also deployed Arrow systems for longer-range threats from Iran. The Iron Dome protects against short-range rockets fired by militants in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The Iron Dome was crucial in the most recent round of fighting, shooting down hundreds of rockets from Gaza.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the success of Iron Dome highlighted the “immense importance” of such systems.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antimissile; davidssling; israel; missile

1 posted on 11/25/2012 10:06:40 PM PST by cruise_missile
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To: cruise_missile

this last round with Hamas was all about Iran being able to test the response and capabilities of Iron Dome and use up valuable ordnance supplies .

Israel needs to come out about it’s actual nuke arsenal and roughly state it’s target list , if attack . The target list should include Mecca and Medina and all major Arab cities . All of them .


2 posted on 11/25/2012 10:34:14 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

And that damnable well in Qom.


3 posted on 11/25/2012 10:44:33 PM PST by null and void (The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Imagine glassing over a major supposedly Allah-guarded Islamic holy site.

Israelis won’t do that, of course, because of the populations of visitors and natives at such places. Jews are humane to a fault. But one can dream.


4 posted on 11/25/2012 11:30:08 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: cruise_missile

Only time for the STHTF... its coming.. nukes going off like fireworks..
And us sitting here with PeeWee Herman running the military..


5 posted on 11/26/2012 12:35:21 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

As I stated on several occasions in the past and of course it was met by some with a sly remark. History has a nasty habit of repeating itself, the point being that a nuclear exchange in the Sinai Peninsular would not be the first time as the last one about 4032 years ago went down in the annals of history as Sodom and Gomorrah. I hope and pray we will not have a repeat, but you may want to save this post as a reference just in case it may happen, re-emphasizing the stupidity and ignorance of mankind.


6 posted on 11/26/2012 12:44:29 AM PST by saintgermaine
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And that damnable well in Qom

The guy's out and re-elected

7 posted on 11/26/2012 12:51:39 AM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Actually, Israel should preempt against all major arab population centers, significant military targets and some non-arab islamic targets.

That would take less than 10% of the Israeli capacity for a first-strike with abundant second-strike capacity.


8 posted on 11/26/2012 1:07:53 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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9 posted on 11/26/2012 5:27:24 AM PST by SJackson (none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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10 posted on 11/26/2012 5:28:17 AM PST by SJackson (none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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11 posted on 11/26/2012 5:29:20 AM PST by SJackson (none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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To: cruise_missile

later


12 posted on 11/26/2012 5:31:37 AM PST by quintr
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