Israel successfully tests sea-borne anti-missile system
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The Israeli navy has successfully tested a sea-borne Iron Dome anti-missile weapon system, the Israeli army said on Wednesday.
The system can be installed on navy vessels to intercept short-range missile threats to economic assets at sea, such as natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean Sea.
The test was conducted several weeks ago, with a few rockets being fired from onshore and intercepted successfully by the system, known as Tamir-Adir, according to the Israeli military.
Col. Ariel Shir, head of the Navy's operational systems, said the rockets were detected by Tamir-Adir's radar system and successfully intercepted.
He was also quoted as saying that the system is able to intercept ballistic threats while the naval vessels are moving at high speeds.
This system echoes the land-based "Iron Dome" anti-missile batteries, which played an important role in intercepting missiles fired from the Gaza Strip enclave towards Israeli communities during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.
According to the Israeli army, out of 4,954 rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip enclave during the 50-day war, Iron Dome batteries failed to intercept only 70 rockets.
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