WATCH: IDF Missile boats successfully test long-range interceptor missile
An important event that happened this week - the Navy completed a successful test of a long-range interceptor missile of the LRAD type, which comes from a Sa'ar 6 type missile and is capable of intercepting air threats (a system called "Barak Magen").
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During the experiment, a precision rocket was launched at a target that simulated a strategic asset at sea (a gas rig) - and the system discovered the rocket, tracked it, classified it as a threat and successfully intercepted it until it was destroyed.
A week after Hezbollah launched two drones at the Harish gas rig and in days of such tensions - this is an important operational capability that has been proven to be efficient and effective.
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