Defense News:
Israel and the US Missile Defence Agency (MDA) will reportedly test the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile system for the first time in coming months.
The test will take place at Alaska’s Kodiak test site and is scheduled to be accomplished within few months, Israel’s Channel 2 broadcaster reported Sunday.
The system is set to be tested against a target similar in behaviour to the advanced ballistic missiles, which are currently being developed, and have already been achieved, by Iran.
Jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Boeing, the Arrow-3 is an exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile intended to destroy targets outside the earth’s atmosphere, which enables the system to neutralise any threat, including a missile carrying a nuclear warhead, without creating any damage on the ground below. Sometimes, the system is used to intercept satellites…
