{"id":20257,"date":"2022-04-14T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=20257"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:13:20","slug":"israel-successfully-tests-new-laser-missile-defense-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/04\/14\/israel-successfully-tests-new-laser-missile-defense-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel successfully tests new laser missile defense system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel\u2019<\/span>s new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti–<\/span>tank missiles in recent tests, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Israeli–<\/span>made laser system, designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems such as the costly Iron Dome deployed by Israel, will be operational \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d Gantz said.<\/p>\n

The goal is to deploy the laser systems around Israel\u2019<\/span>s borders over the next decade, Gantz added. The tests took place last month in the Negev Desert.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in Februarythat Israel would begin using the system within a year, sending a message to archenemy Iran.<\/p>\n

Gantz said the laser system would be part of \u201c<\/span>an efficient, inexpensive, and innovative protection umbrella.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Israel has already developed or deployed a series of systems meant to intercept everything from long–<\/span>range missiles to rockets launched from just a few kilometers (miles) away. It has also outfitted its tanks with a missile–<\/span>defense system.<\/p>\n

Little is known about the laser system\u2019s effectiveness, but it is expected to be deployed on land, in the air and at sea.<\/p>\n

The announcement came near the anniversary of the 11–<\/span>day Israel–<\/span>Gaza war, in which Gaza\u2019<\/span>s ruling Hamas militant group fired more than 4,000 rockets toward Israel.<\/p>\n

Israel said its Iron Dome defense system has been a great success, with a 90% interception rate against incoming rocket fire. But officials say the system is expensive to deploy, and the new laser defense will be much more cost–<\/span>effective.<\/p>\n

The Defense Ministry released a short video showing what it said were successful interceptions of rockets, mortars and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The video, which was highly edited and includes music, appeared to show a laser beam coming out of a ground station, hitting the targets and smashing them into small pieces.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019<\/span>s announcement came as talks on restoring Iran\u2019<\/span>s tattered nuclear deal with world powers have stalled. Israel opposes the deal, saying it does not do enough to curb Iran\u2019<\/span>s nuclear program or its military activities across the region, and Israeli officials have said they will unilaterally do what\u2019<\/span>s necessary to protect the country.
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Israel\u2019s new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti–tank missiles in recent tests, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Thursday. The Israeli–made laser system, designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems such as the costly Iron Dome deployed by Israel, will be operational \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d Gantz said. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,12],"tags":[12326,3943,6159,2629,5930,8230,3095,8029,10748,5572,5254,5571,12985,5058,7029,6666,10165,3174,6421,7639,9437,9030,5376,3094,8033,5251,3954,36],"class_list":["post-20257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","category-world-news","tag-decade","tag-dome","tag-fire","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-iron-dome","tag-israel","tag-land","tag-militant","tag-military","tag-missile","tag-missile-defense-system","tag-missiles","tag-music","tag-naftali-bennett","tag-nuclear","tag-nuclear-program","tag-prime-minister","tag-prime-minister-naftali-bennett","tag-rocket","tag-rocket-fire","tag-success","tag-tanks","tag-tel-aviv","tag-video","tag-war","tag-will","tag-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}