Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Ministry of Defense)
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had taken delivery of the first operational Iron Beam high-power laser interception system, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced.
Defense Minister Israel Katz called the delivery “a historic occasion,” saying in a statement that “the first time in the world that a high-power laser interception system has reached operational maturity,” adding that it “changes the rules of the game and sends a clear message to all our enemies… do not test us.”
Meanwhile, MoD Director General Amir Baram said that the delivery “marks the transition from development to serial production,” describing the delivery of the first operational system as “only the beginning of the technological revolution” and noting it is expected to significantly improve both Israel’s defensive capabilities and the cost balance between threats and costly interceptors.
Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Ministry of Defense)
The Iron Beam was unveiled in 2014, after decades of developments by Israeli giant Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
The system was declared operational in September after completing development and final tests. Later on December 1, it was announced that the first operational system would be handed over to the IDF before the end of the year.
The Iron Beam will be operated by the air force and integrated into the country’s multi-layered air defense array. It won’t be replacing any missile-based systems, it will rather complement them.
The specifications of the system are classified, but it is said to have a range of around ten kilometers. Israel claims that the system successfully intercepted rockets, mortar shells and drones during extensive testing. It is reported to cost as much as dozens of million of dollars a system, but could intercept a drone for as much as a few dollars.
In May, the Israeli MoD and IDF revealed that the air force intercepted dozens of Hezbollah drones using a smaller version of the Iron Beam.
Laser-based air defense systems offer high accuracy, speed, low cost per engagement, and reduced reliance on ammunition, which makes it especially suitable for intercepting drones.
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war is a racket, they’re a big club and you ain’t in it..
“we are all disposable to them” qe2.
they’re not like us. nothings what it seems. nothing. they aren’t normal like us. never judge a book by its cover and never be led like a lamb. “never trust anybody” queen mum.
“and in the end times the whole world shall be deceived, and the deceivers themselves shall be deceived” the bible informs.
here’s zelensky showing himself.
“trump reveals 2 hourputin call, claims major breakthrough on ukraine with zelensky” you tube
look at zelensky. so obvious.
clue
“radical swiss proposal will change europe” heaver you tube n
so how are they above the un?? deduction.
the wizard of oz and his megaphone
“putins ex defence chief known as the “keeper of secrets” dies suddenly on christmas day.” you tube
the sun. reporting.
so obvious.
and here on canada, where their populations declining as if by magic, from “social policies” yes they’re fleeing the stinking rip off country, fior other pastures, all escaped canadians.
and almost every one i’ve ever known completely corrupt too just by coincidence of course. you know ensuring that they fit into the commune.
i doubt this laser can stop a low and high subsonic missile hugging the terrain in or near an urban area.
“iran at full scale war with us and allies irans president declares ” live now from fox you tube
right on cue. transparent as so obvious.
and here’s how they will tar iran and russia with the same brush.
“iran strikes back inside to hurt mossad. khamenei orders hanging 1922 hangings to crush israel s shadow war ”
hindustan times
nb the 22. again.
signs.
and on signs note
1 erika kirks catholic
2 charlie wasn’t
3 their t shirt logo
the blue quarter circle with the 4 white pentagrams leading into the red white quarter a topped with the red pyramid ie uniting the 4 corners, to lead by dividing, into pharoah. led by erika.
“shocking turning point fraud gets worse.” you tube.
you wouldn’t say, god help him, in that context as that guy dies imo unless they were someone you hated very fundanentally. know what i mean. you’d say about someone who you believed wasn’t acceptable to god, sort of thing, you know like an heretic or something.
“israels massive mitary announcement shakes the world order “jns tv you tube
she’s very young. maybe one day she will understand they set israel up as a military base for their interests in the middle east. so they could appear innocent. allegedly. nb her english accent slip out occasionally. just a few times.
never trust anybody, note her neo nazi homophobic comment, about palestine, when if she were really an israeli then she wouldn’t say that since israel has the second largest gay pride march in the world after the usa. according to caitlyn jenner. her first wife was elvis s long time girlfriend btw. nothings what it seems.
the church and crown from the vatican as the moral authority for rule of law, the english crown since shakespeare normalising cross dressing, and the spanish king juan carlos, legalising gay marriage. all 3 in it together created gay pride really. globally.
all like this. nothing bring what it seems. a midsummer nights dream
“political funding, secrets caught on camera ” kerrii lane.
romeo from rome, where for arte thou, tis julietta, wooing you from your boudiere . role reversal all of it. always the same always the opposite everything.
“us army siege” vatican nuncio residence – bishop arrested & gold found |us military ” you tube. tactical justice.
fuck the jews
i get taco from weinstein food bank cuz i live in trailer