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Israel's Arrow 3 missile shield fails interception test: sources
Source: Reuters
Israel's Arrow 3 missile shield fails interception test: sources
JERUSALEM Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:06am EST
(Reuters) - Israel's upgraded ballistic missile shield failed its first live interception test on Tuesday, security sources said, a fresh setback for the U.S.-supported system billed as a bulwark against Iran.
Operators of the Arrow 3 battery at Palmahim air base on the Mediterranean coast canceled the launch of its interceptor missile after it failed to lock on to a target missile fired over the sea, the sources said.
"There was a countdown to the launch and then nothing happened," one source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "A decision was made not to waste the interceptor missile."
Arrow is among several elements of an integrated Israeli aerial shield built up to withstand potential future missile and rocket attacks by Iran, Syria or their guerrilla allies in Lebanon and Gaza.
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JERUSALEM Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:06am EST
(Reuters) - Israel's upgraded ballistic missile shield failed its first live interception test on Tuesday, security sources said, a fresh setback for the U.S.-supported system billed as a bulwark against Iran.
Operators of the Arrow 3 battery at Palmahim air base on the Mediterranean coast canceled the launch of its interceptor missile after it failed to lock on to a target missile fired over the sea, the sources said.
"There was a countdown to the launch and then nothing happened," one source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "A decision was made not to waste the interceptor missile."
Arrow is among several elements of an integrated Israeli aerial shield built up to withstand potential future missile and rocket attacks by Iran, Syria or their guerrilla allies in Lebanon and Gaza.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/us-arms-israel-arrow-idUSKBN0JU1DK20141216
