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Israeli defense system successfully tested Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/458022.html http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/458022.html Last Update: 30/07/2004 04:23 Arrow anti-missile defense system successfully tested in U.S. By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent Israel and the United States on Thursday held a successful test of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system - the world's only operational missile killer system - off the coast of California. The Defense Ministry and the Israel Aircraft Industries announced Thursday that the Arrow successfully intercepted an incoming Scud ballistic missile, in flight over the Pacific Ocean. The realistic test of the Arrow ABM system was the first of its kind and had been planned for two years. Since the last Gulf War, Israel - with U.S. financial backing - has developed the Arrow anti-missile missile, At approximately 8:25 P.M. Israel time, a Scud missile, confiscated by the United States from Iraq, was launched from a U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, at Point Magu near Los Angeles. The Scud was identified and fixed by the system's radar, Green Pine, and it directed an Arrow missile at the target, intercepting it fully. This "realistic scenario could not be carried out in Israel because of safety reasons" a Defense Ministry announcement said. This was the 12th test of an Arrow missile and the 7th of the overall system, that includes the Green Pine radar. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz described the results of the test as "being further proof for the technological superiority of the Israeli defense industries." "We are in an age of uncertainty. Countries in the third sphere continue in their efforts to acquire non-conventional capabilities along with abilities at long-range launches," Mofaz said. Aryeh Herzog, in charge of the project at the Defense Ministry and the Israel Air Force, said that "we are all happy. The operational implication [of the test] is that the Air Force has an exceptional system. "We have known it all along, but now we have added proof. We will continue development. We want to achieve capabilities against future threats, such as those being developed in Iran." The Arrow was developed following the 1991 Gulf War, when the Patriot system proved to be less than successful, with few of its missiles managing to intercept the dozens of Scuds that fell in Israel. The Arrow has been operational for some years, and two Arrow batteries are deployed in central Israel.

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