The Growing Threat of Rocket Attacks

The Growing Threat of Rocket Attacks

rockets_gaza.1Israeli defense industries are evaluating the development of versions of two Israeli systems designed to cope with the rocket threat, answering a growing need, also shared by foreign countries, to defend from short and medium rocket attacks.

Rockets of many types have become the weapon of choice for terror groups around the world. The focus in recent months was on those fired at Israel from the Gaza strip is misleading.

Intelligence sources say that the demand for rockets in the market that serves the terror groups is increasing and in parallel their price. This fact, backed by many intelligence sources, is pointing to an urgent need for counter-rocket defense systems that are capable of protecting densely populated areas from these rockets.

The undersatnding among the Israeli companies, is that not every country will need the capabilities that have been designed for the Israeli systems. Are we talking about downgraded versions? sources say that not neccesarily. They claim that the new versions will have to be tailor made to the customer’s operational requrements. The foriegn press has named South Korea as a major potential customer for the ” Iron Dome”.