Times of Israel:
The Israeli Air Force conducted a test of its aerial defense systems on Tuesday evening, firing multiple interceptor missiles into the air over central Israel, the army said. The military would not elaborate on the types of air defense systems being fired in the exercise, but warned residents there would be several launches and they could expect to hear explosions.
The army stressed that the exercise was not connected to any specific threats, but was instead planned in advance as part of the military’s yearly training calendar.
With hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles pointed at Israel from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, Israel maintains one of the world’s most advanced multi-tiered air defense system, designed to intercept incoming short-, medium- and long-range missiles.
The lowest layer of Israel’s multi-tiered missile defense system is the Iron Dome, capable of shooting down short-range rockets, small unmanned aerial vehicles and some mortar shells like those that have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip or from southern Lebanon…
