Last Successful Experiment For David’s Sling

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The Israeli Ministry of Defense has declared today (Monday) a successful trial of the anti-rockets aerial defense system, David’s Sling. This was the last test before the system is declared operational.

The test was conducted in a testing ground in the south of Israel, led by Rafael. During the test, a system missile hit a rocket, thus allowing the system to manage a full interception. “The success of this test is the last milestone in the development of the system prior to delivery to the air force and declaring it as operational during the year 2016,” the Ministry of Defense stated.

The system is similar to the Iron Dome system for intercepting short range missiles, but is also designed to protect against medium range missiles and rockets.

The head contractor for the development of the David’s Sling system is Rafael, collaborating with American Raytheon. the MMR radar was developed by Elta – IAI’s subsidiary. The control and command system was developed by Elisra from Elbit Systems.

An official statement said that “the experiments tested the system through several scenarios, simulating the threats the system must face. During it target missiles were launched, and detected by the MMR radar. The radar transferred the data successfully to the fire management center, which calculated the plans for defending against them. The David’s Sling interceptors were then successfully launched, going through all stages of flight, and destroyed the targets as planned.”