Tuesday, August 28, 2018

IN A FEW YEARS ISRAEL WILL BE ABLE TO STRIKE EVERY TARGET IN THE REGION, BE IT NAR OR FAR, WITH PRECISION ROCKETS

Israel buys new precision rocket arsenal to 'cover entire region'

By Lilach Shoval

Israel Hayom
August 27, 2018

The Defense Ministry announced Monday it had signed ‎a deal worth hundreds of millions of shekels with ‎Israel Military Industries for the development and ‎acquisition of advanced precision rockets.‎

"This precision fire capability significantly ‎improves the IDF's capabilities and allows for ‎accurate strikes in remote launches, at immediate ‎availability and at lower costs compared to other ‎combat systems," the Defense Ministry said in a ‎statement.‎

The new rockets will include advanced technological ‎systems suitable for ‎modern battlefields. ‎

The procurement follows a directive by Defense ‎Minister Avigdor Lieberman to equip the IDF with an ‎array of advanced rockets and missiles covering a ‎range of 30-150 kilometers (18-93 miles). ‎

"We are forging ahead with our plan to set up an ‎array of precision rockets and missiles. Some of ‎them are already in production and some have entered ‎their last research and development stages," ‎Lieberman said Monday.‎

"We are acquiring and developing high-precision ‎‎fire systems that will enable us to ‎bolster the IDF's offensive capabilities. In a few ‎years, the IDF will be able to cover every point in ‎the region, be it near or far."

IMI Chairman Yitzhak Aharonovich said, "The ‎innovative rocket systems the IDF will acquire in ‎this deal demonstrate the technological capabilities ‎of the company, which specializes in precision firepower for pinpoint strikes on a variety of ground ‎targets."‎

Defense officials said the deal, led by the Defense ‎Administration for the Development of Weapons and ‎Technological Infrastructure at the Defense ‎Ministry, aims to provide the Israeli Air Force ‎with sufficient ground-based support in case Israel's ‎airports come under attack.‎

The use of precision rockets on a large scale is designed to counter the threat posed by the ‎Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist group as well as ‎reduce the ground forces' overall dependence on the ‎IAF, one defense official said. ‎

EDITOR’S NOTE: 1 million US dollars = 3,629,500 shekels.

1 comment:

bob walsh said...

In order to ensure peace, prepare for war. Caesar had it right.