The military has decided to position two additional Arrow anti-ballistic rocket batteries in Israel.
At present, there are two deployed, one in the air force’s Palmachim Base and the second in the Ein Shemer area. The third will be placed in the southern district followed by the fourth elsewhere. The military does not permit revealing additional details regarding the location of the two new missile batteries.
An air force official explained on Tuesday that the missile batteries will provide an ability to respond to any threat, acknowledging that today; the threats facing Israel justify the move.
On Tuesday, the air force’s commander of anti-aircraft units, Brigadier-General Danny Milo, explained that steps are being taken to provide protection against an array of threats, deploying Patriot and Arrow anti-ballistic missile systems as required.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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2 Responses
(1) IDF needs a healthy dose of Bitachon to go with its Hishtadlus.
(2) NOTHING has the “ability to respond to ANY threat” [emphasis mine]
(3) Arrow has some probability (less than 1.0) of killing long range missiles (e.g., Shahab) and medium range (e.g., SCUD).
(4) Patriot has some probability (less than 1.0) of killing medium (e.g., SCUD) missiles.
(5) Neither has any reasonable probability of killing short range (e.g., Katyusha or Kassam) missiles.
My vote is with (1).
ATTN: Shazam
Before posting critical and baseless comments, get the facts right.
(1) Neither the Arrow or the Patriot are intended for short range missiles. The Arrow was designed for ballistic missiles, and blows them up in the stratosphere, or in outer space, depending on the specific missile. The Patriot is a SAM (surface-to-air) missile intended for airplanes and missiles.
(2) They both have a much better probability than 1% of accomplishing their job.
My facts are based on Wikipedia.