Jane’s:
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out a test that integrated missile defence systems that are separated by thousands of kilometres, the Israel Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 6 July.
The MoD described the test as the first of its kind and said it took place on 22 June. It was led by the Elisra subsidiary of the Israeli defence company Elbit and also involved the Israeli Missile Defense Organisation, US Missile Defense Agency, and the US military’s European Command (EUCOM).
The MoD said the test involved scenarios that consisted of multiple missile and rocket attacks on Israel and that both Israeli and US air-defence systems successfully engaged and destroyed simulated threats.
It listed the systems involved as Israel’s Arrow and David’s Sling, and Aegis, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), and Patriot systems located across the United States.
No live-fire interceptor launches occurred during the test, but Israeli defence officials said some “operational aspects” of the systems were tested, without revealing further details.
