News Week:

As Ukraine awaits its delivery of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) from the U.S., they also recently made a plea to Israel for its Iron Dome air defense technologies.

On Wednesday, Axios obtained a letter the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel sent to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting Iron Dome technology, following continued missile attacks from Russia.

“Ukraine is high interested in obtaining from Israel (in shortest possible terms) defence systems, in particular: Iron Beam, Barak-8, Patriot, Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow Interceptor and Israeli support in training for Ukrainian operators,” the letter obtained by Axios said.

NASAMS are developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Kongsberg. According to Raytheon “NASAMS provides air defenders with a tailorable, state-of-the-art defense system that can maximize their ability to identify, engage and destroy current and evolving enemy aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle and emerging cruise missile threats.”

Riki Ellison, the chairman and founder of Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance told Newsweek that NASAMS and the Iron Dome are for “different sets of targets.”

“The Iron Dome is for rockets, not so much for cruise missile defense,” Ellison told Newsweek. “What you’re seeing today, the Iranian drones…they are not integrable with other foreign systems or U.S. systems.”

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