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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Israel running low on missile interceptors as conflict with Iran continues: Report
Israel is running low on the defensive Arrow interceptors, according to a report in Wall Street Journal that cited an unnamed US official, raising concerns about Israel's ability to counter long-range ballistic missiles from Iran if the conflict continues. The report also claimed that US has been aware of the capacity of problems for months and Washington has been augmenting Israel's defenses with systems on the ground, at sea and in the air. The report also stated that since the escalation of conflict in June, Pentagon has sent missile defense assets in the region. However now there is a concern that US is also burning through their supply of interceptrs as well. Director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that neither the US nor Israel can 'continue to sit and intercept missiles all day.' He also said that Israel and his allies need to move with haste to do whatever needs to be done, and that they 'cannot afford to sit and play catch. Meanwhile, Israel Aerospace Industries, the company that makes Arrow interceptors, did not respond requests about comments on the matter. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that, ' IDF is prepared and ready to handle any scenario. Unfortunately, we are unable to comment on matters related to munitions.' The Arrow missile defence system, comprises of Arrow-2 and Arrow-3. This system is designed to intercept ballistic missiles beyond the earth's atmosphere. It employs a detachable warhead that collides with its target, neutralising potential threats before they can reach populated areas. The other layers of Israel's defense system include David's Sling, and the Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 interceptors. The US Army also has similar defense systems as Israel, it has the Patriot PAC-3 (comparable to David's Sling) and THAAD (comparable to Arrow 2), while the US Navy has the Aegis and the SM-3 (comparable to Arrow 3).
India.com
4 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
Why are Iran's hypersonic missiles proving to be almost unstoppable by Israel's air defense systems, this is due to..., secret lies in...
New Delhi: The Israel Iran war has made the whole world understand the need for air defense. The Iron Dome air defense system saved Israel from attacks by Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. As long as attacks were being made by rockets and normal missiles, not a single projectile caused damage inside Israel. But as soon as the number of attacks by hypersonic and ballistic missiles increased in these attacks, the Israeli Iron Dome, Arrow and other systems are having to work hard. For the first time in October last year, Iran fired around 200 ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Now the question arises whether any country has any answer to hypersonic missile attack or not. It is very difficult to track a hypersonic missile, which flies at its lowest speed of 5 Mach or 6174 kmh in the atmosphere, and then launch an air defense missile against it. Iran's hypersonic missiles caused massive destruction at many places in Israel. Hypersonic missile is one of the most the most lethal weapons in today's era because it is very difficult to detect it and then engage it. The slowest hypersonic missile is of 5 Mach, which if we try to understand in kilometers, it can cover a distance of about 6173 kilometers in an hour. The aerial distance between Israel and Iran is close to 2000 kilometers. It travels 5 times faster than the speed of sound and the maximum speed can be up to 10 Mach. A faster high-hypersonic interceptor missile whose speed is around 10 to 25 Mach or a hypersonic air defence system is required to intercept a hypersonic missile. Currently, no country in the world has such an interceptor. Ballistic missiles are of different ranges. After launch, it reaches space and then according to the parabolic principle of physics, it enters the atmosphere and rains down on its target. When it comes down from space, its speed is 25 Mach or 30870 kmh which is high hypersonic speed. It is almost impossible to stop them. When a ballistic missile comes down, it falls down due to the effect of gravity. At this time, none of its rocket motor engines are in action to manoeuvre it. Currently, Israel has systems to stop only the ballistic missiles which are very effective against short range rockets, drones and missiles. For short and medium range ballistic and cruise missiles, it has anti-ballistic interceptors like David's Sling, Arrow-2 and Arrow-3. Apart from this, last year America has given them Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System.
