Israel to use new sea-borne missile defense to guard gas fields | Reuters
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A screen-shot taken from Israel Defence Forces (IDF) handout video footage received on May 18, 2016, shows a test-firing of a version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile interceptor that can be fired from the deck of a cruising navy ship, in Israel’s territorial waters. Courtesy...
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Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had developed a version of its Iron Dome missile interceptor system that can be fired from the deck of a cruising navy ship to protect its offshore gas platforms.
The augmented defense system passed a live test two weeks ago when it shot down several short-range ballistic missiles from a moving boat, said Colonel Ariel Shir, the navy’s head of operational systems.
Israel has boosted its naval defenses over the past decade after the discovery of sizeable natural gas deposits off its Mediterranean coast.