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Old 07-28-2019, 06:35 AM
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Arrow Israel, US Test Missile Defense in Alaska

Israel, US Test Missile Defense in Alaska
By: VOA News - 7-28-19
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Israel's U.S.-backed Arrow-3 ballistic missile shield is seen during a series of live interception tests over Alaska, July 28, 2019. (Courtesy: Israel Ministry of Defense)

U.S. and Israeli officials say tests in Alaska of a jointly developed missile defense system have been successful.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the Arrow-3 shield tests give his country the ability to act against ballistic missiles fired from Iran and from any other location.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency called the Arrow 3's interception abilities a "major milestone."

"The performance was perfect - every hit a bull's eye," Netanyahu said. "All our foes should know that we can best them, both defensively and offensively."

Israel developed the Arrow 3, its most advanced system for intercepting long-range missiles, with U.S. aircraft maker Boeing and first deployed it in 2017. Arrow-3 interceptors are designed to hit long-range missiles in space at an altitude that would safely destroy any nuclear warheads.

Israel has conducted a series of Arrow 3 tests over its Mediterranean coastal waters since last year.

Israeli and U.S. missile defense agencies had planned to conduct a first Arrow 3 test over Alaska in the middle of 2018, but postponed it, saying they needed to improve the system's readiness.

In 2017, then-U.S. Missile Defense Agency director Navy Vice Admiral James Syring told a congressional hearing that due to significant range constraints in the Mediterranean, "one of the better places to test [Arrow 3] is in Alaska, from Kodiak (Island)." Launching an Arrow 3 interceptor from Kodiak would enable it to fly over the more expansive waters of the Pacific.

In recent years, Iran has repeatedly conducted tests of long-range missiles that Israel and the United States say are capable of carrying nuclear warheads and reaching Israeli territory. Iran insists its missiles are defensive and its nuclear program is peaceful.

Israel also has expressed concern about what it says are long-running Iranian deliveries of rockets and other weapons to militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, both sworn to Israel's destruction.

Arrow 3 is part of a multi-tiered Israeli missile defense network that also includes Iron Dome for intercepting short-range rockets and David's Sling for hitting medium-range missiles.
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Arrow Arrow 3 missile defense system passes interception tests in Alaska

Arrow 3 missile defense system passes interception tests in Alaska
By: Marcy Oster - Jewish Telegraphic Agency - 7-28-19
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Israeli Arrow Missile test (US Navy)

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and the United States announced jointly conducted successful tests of the Arrow-3 advanced missile defense system against long-range missiles.

The interception tests took place in Alaska.

“They were successful beyond any imagination. The Arrow 3 – with complete success – intercepted ballistic missiles beyond the atmosphere at unprecedented altitudes and speeds. The execution was perfect – all precise hits,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting.

“Today Israel has the ability to act against ballistic missiles that could be launched against us from Iran or anywhere else. This is a great achievement for the security of Israel,” Netanyahu also said.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said at the meeting: “We’re very proud of our partnership with the State of Israel, the funding that we provided for this, the technical expertise that we added, obviously making our airspace available for this test over Alaska.

“This is an extraordinary and an unprecedented example of the cooperation between our two great countries and from here may we continue to go upward and onward in making the world a safer place,” Friedman also said.

The Arrow-3 joins Israel’s multi-layered defense array, including: Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow-2, which also protect Israel against short-range and medium-range attack rockets.

“These successful tests mark a major milestone in the development of the Arrow Weapon System,” Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, said in a statment. “This unique success in Alaska provides confidence in future Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing threats in the region

He added: We are committed to assisting the Government of Israel in upgrading its national missile defense capability to defend the State of Israel from emerging threats.”

The announcement of the successful test comes days after the United States said that Iran has tested a medium-range ballistic missile that could potentially reach Israel, though Tehran countered that it was testing the missile for defensive purposes and not to target another country.
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