BHUBANESWAR: India's efforts to develop a robust multi-layered Ballistic Missile Defence shield received a significant boost with the advanced area defence interceptor successfully destroying an incoming ballistic missile in the endo-atmospheric region over the Bay of Bengal. Defence sources stated that the low-altitude supersonic interceptor missile, fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, successfully intercepted the target missile launched …
During the more than three-month Gaza war, Eilat has been the target of long-range missile and drone launches by Yemen’s Houthis who, like the Palestinian militant group Hamas, are Iranian-aligned. The Israeli military said on Thursday that the sounding of sirens in the southern resort of Eilat and the launch of an interceptor missile over the Red Sea were a …
The military statement did not specify what had been launched at Eilat nor whether it had been successfully shot down. The city has previously been the target of long-range missile or drone attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-aligned Houthis An incoming aerial threat over the Red Sea on Thursday prompted Israeli forces to sound sirens in the southern resort city of Eilat …
The Iron Dome aerial defence system just intercepted a Hamas Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that crossed from Gaza into Israel, Israeli Defence Forces said around 1 p.m. IST on Friday on social media. Iron Dome is a multi-mission system capable of intercepting rockets, artillery, mortars and Precision Guided Munitions like very short range air defence systems as well as aircraft, helicopters …