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Old 24th Jul 2018, 08:46
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Originally Posted by ORAC
David’s Sling fired in combat for first time

Israel’s David’s Sling anti-ballistic missile system made its combat debut on Jul. 23 when two interceptors were fired when a pair of Syrian OTR-21 (NATO: SS-21) ballistic missiles were detected approaching Israel’s border. One of the interceptor was ordered to self-destruct after it was determined that both SS-21s were to land inside Syrian territory. It is not known what happened to the other interceptor.

Alert 5 » David?s Sling fired in combat for first time - Military Aviation News

Hmm, just checked what Israeli news have posted this morning and see that there is some noise of dissatisfaction claiming that the "David’s Sling" did not perform well and not intercepted the Syrian missiles. Fortunately, the latter (which are pretty much obsolete and dated back to 1975-1980) also failed and hit the Earth yet on the Syrain territory (though one landed just 1 km close to the border).
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