Israel-Iran Conflict: Iran launched a massive attack on Israel on Tuesday. More than 180 missiles were fired at Israel from Iran. These included some ballistic and some hypersonic missiles. However, only one person has died in these attacks. In such a situation, the question arises that how did Israel foil such a big attack by its another enemy Iran?
Iron Dome did wonders again
In fact, the missiles fired by Iran at Israel were failed by the Israeli air defense system. Israel has a powerful Iron Dome, which protects it from rocket, drone or missile attacks from all sides. It has been made by Israel and it is also considered to be the most accurate defense system in the world. Israel is surrounded by its enemy countries on all sides, in such a situation only its Iron Dome system protects it from air attacks.
According to ABC News, the accuracy of Israel’s Iron Dome is considered to be up to 90 percent. That means it destroys 90 out of 100 rockets or missiles fired at Israel in the air itself. Israel started building it in 2006 to protect itself from attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas. Earlier, Israel had suffered huge losses due to thousands of rockets fired by Hezbollah. Israel has been using Iron Dome since 2011. The range of Iron Dome has been increased to 250 square kilometers. It is capable of protecting against rockets and missiles coming from two directions.
Ballistic missiles shot down by David Sling and Arrow 2-3
However, Israel uses the Iron Dome defense system to shoot down short-range rocket systems fired by Hezbollah and Hamas. But to protect against high altitude, long range and high speed ballistic missiles, a different defense system is required. For this, Israel has deployed David Sling and Arrow 2 and 3 defense systems. Iron Dome becomes more dangerous with these two systems. When Iran attacked Israel in April 2023 with 300 drones, cruise and ballistic missiles, this Israeli system destroyed 99 percent.
What is David’s sling?
David Sling is considered a strong partner of Iron Dome. It has been made jointly by Israel and America. This is Israel’s medium to long range air defense system. It is a surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile interceptor. David Sling can easily shoot down drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Its speed is 9261 kilometers per hour. That means it can destroy the enemy’s rocket or missile even before the blink of an eye.
How dangerous are Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 systems?
The Arrow 2 and 3 systems are also capable of handling long-range missiles such as intercontinental ballistic missiles. That means it can easily destroy even those missiles which are outside the atmosphere. Its capability is equal to the THAAD defense system of the US Army.
Whereas, the range of Arrow-3 is said to be 2414 KM. Whereas it can travel up to a height of 160 kilometers. That means it can easily bring down any satellite in space. The Arrow 2 is designed to detonate near the missile to bring down an incoming missile, but the Arrow 3 is a hit-to-kill missile.
The Arrow 2 system was recently used in Yemen to shoot down long-range missiles fired at Israel by the Haitian terrorist group.