Breaking Defense:

Israel’s naval version of the Iron Dome air defense system, called C-Dome, successfully completed a new series of tests aimed at countering “existing and future threats,” the Israeli military said, in what could be a business boost as maker Rafael eyes potential sales abroad.

The tests, the second in a series announced last year, took place just prior to Israel’s larger, multi-week Firm Hand exercises and involved “integrat[ing] shipboard systems with Israel’s multi-tier defense array and test[ing] new technologies to enhance the air and missile defense multi-tier array’s operational effectiveness at sea and on land,” the Israeli Ministry of Defense said last week. “The success of the tests is another significant milestone in the array’s development to counter existing and future threats in various combat arenas.” Specifically, the military said C-Dome aided in defense against rockets, cruise missiles and drones.

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