Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:42pm on 10 Nov 2023,Friday International
For the first time, Israel's advanced Arrow 3 air defense system successfully intercepted an incoming missile headed toward Eilat over the Red Sea. The surface-to-surface missile was apparently fired from Yemen. The Arrow 3 interceptor missile took out the threat, marking the first operational use of the system.In recent weeks, other incoming missiles aimed at Israel were intercepted using the predecessor to the Arrow 3 system, the Arrow 2 missile. One of those interceptions targeted a Houthi ballistic missile fired from Yemen, while the other destroyed a long-range rocket launched from Gaza. Both of those threats were eliminated by the older generation Arrow 2 defense system prior to this first successful operational use of the more advanced Arrow 3. Deployed in 2017, Arrow 3 is designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere. The successful maiden operational interception demonstrates the potency of Israel's tiered air defenses against threats from multiple regional adversaries.
