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The missile, which is set to protect IDF ships from enemy threats, was fired from a navy corvette against an enemy target.
Israel held the first operational test for the Barak 8 shipborne defense system on Thursday afternoon, successfully decimating an enemy target.
The Barak-8 naval version is intended for use by the IDF and the Indian defense forces and supplies both point and area defense against a variety of airborne threats.
The system includes an advanced Phased Array digital radar, command and control, vertical launchers and missiles carrying a highly advanced seeker.
The system is set to defend navy ships from anti-ship missiles, like the Russian-built Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) - an advanced cruise missile system that Russia sold Syria and, the IDF believes, is also in the hands of Hezbollah.
Such missiles, the defense establishment believes, can paralyze Israel's coast by targeting not only Israeli ships, but also its natural gas fields.
According to foreign reports, the IDF attacked shipments of Yakhont missiles on Lebanese soil over the past two years.Despite that, a senior Navy officer assured Ynet that the IDF knows how to deal with such threats.
"We introduced the new Adir radar system, which provides wide-scope coverage and detection, and soon we will introduce the Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles that will improve our defense capabilities, like a naval Iron Dome," the former commander of the Navy's Missile Boats Flotilla (Shayetet 3), Col. Eyal Harel,told Ynet shortly before leaving his post.
"Even now we can already deal with the Yakhont with the tools at our disposal. But we should take the Yakhont very seriously; it's not a toothless threat. If this thing is launched and hits - that
would be bad," Harel added.
The scenario began with a target launch. After detection by the System’s ship-based radar, the weapon system calculated the optimal interception point, launched the Barak-8 missile into its operational trajectory that acquired, and successfully intercepted the target. All weapon system’s components successfully met the goals of the test.
Joseph Weiss, IAI’s President and CEO: “The successful test of the Barak-8 naval version reflects the system’s reliability and quality, together with its advanced technological capabilities. This unique project expresses the constructive cooperation between the Indian DRDO, the Israeli DDR&D and both countries’ Defense Forces. Barak-8 is one of IAI’s flagships and a major growth engine for the Company.”
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WATCH: Israel carries out another successful Barak-8 missile test – Jewish Business News
Israel holds first successful operational test for Barak 8 missile - Israel News, Ynetnews
Israel held the first operational test for the Barak 8 shipborne defense system on Thursday afternoon, successfully decimating an enemy target.
The Barak-8 naval version is intended for use by the IDF and the Indian defense forces and supplies both point and area defense against a variety of airborne threats.
The system includes an advanced Phased Array digital radar, command and control, vertical launchers and missiles carrying a highly advanced seeker.
The system is set to defend navy ships from anti-ship missiles, like the Russian-built Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) - an advanced cruise missile system that Russia sold Syria and, the IDF believes, is also in the hands of Hezbollah.
Such missiles, the defense establishment believes, can paralyze Israel's coast by targeting not only Israeli ships, but also its natural gas fields.
According to foreign reports, the IDF attacked shipments of Yakhont missiles on Lebanese soil over the past two years.Despite that, a senior Navy officer assured Ynet that the IDF knows how to deal with such threats.
"We introduced the new Adir radar system, which provides wide-scope coverage and detection, and soon we will introduce the Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles that will improve our defense capabilities, like a naval Iron Dome," the former commander of the Navy's Missile Boats Flotilla (Shayetet 3), Col. Eyal Harel,told Ynet shortly before leaving his post.
"Even now we can already deal with the Yakhont with the tools at our disposal. But we should take the Yakhont very seriously; it's not a toothless threat. If this thing is launched and hits - that
would be bad," Harel added.
The scenario began with a target launch. After detection by the System’s ship-based radar, the weapon system calculated the optimal interception point, launched the Barak-8 missile into its operational trajectory that acquired, and successfully intercepted the target. All weapon system’s components successfully met the goals of the test.
Joseph Weiss, IAI’s President and CEO: “The successful test of the Barak-8 naval version reflects the system’s reliability and quality, together with its advanced technological capabilities. This unique project expresses the constructive cooperation between the Indian DRDO, the Israeli DDR&D and both countries’ Defense Forces. Barak-8 is one of IAI’s flagships and a major growth engine for the Company.”
WATCH: Israel carries out another successful Barak-8 missile test – Jewish Business News
Israel holds first successful operational test for Barak 8 missile - Israel News, Ynetnews
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