Israel Defense Ministry Starts Supplying New SAM Missile System to Army

© AP Photo / Israel Ministry of DefenseA test launch of "David's Sling"
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Israel's Defense Ministry has begun supplying the David's Sling surface-to-air missile system, jointly developed by Israel and the United States, to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the ministry said Tuesday.

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TEL AVIV (Sputnik) — David's Sling has been designed by Israel's state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems corporation and the US defense contractor Raytheon.

"After tests have successfully been completed in December… the Defense Ministry, jointly with the US Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency, has begun to supply the Israeli Air Force with the main components of the system," the ministry said in a press statement.

The system is to be used in conjunction with the Iron Dome air defense system designed to intercept short-range rockets, as well as the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system capable of intercepting ballistic missiles.

It is intended to intercept Hamas-developed Palestinian Qassam rockets and Hezbollah's Katyusha rockets.

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