The IDF has introduced that, final evening, for the primary time, missile ships of the Israel Navy shot down UAVs launched at Israel by Iran utilizing the Barak Magen air protection system and the LRAD interceptor. Eight plane had been shot down.
The interceptions had been carried out by Sa’ar 6 class ships initially designed to guard Israel’s offshore gasoline manufacturing platforms. The ships are geared up with superior radar and varied refined safety techniques. In December 2023, the method of commissioning the fourth and final of the Sa’ar 6 class ships was accomplished.
At the moment, Israel let or not it’s identified to the pro-Iranian militias, Iran, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, that the Shayetet 3 squadron consisting of those vessels was deployed within the Purple Sea to guard towards enemy motion from the east and south. The 4 Sa’ar 6 class ships, constructed for Israel by German agency ThyssenKrupp, value some €450 million altogether. Their offensive capabilities had been seen final week when, in distinction to the previous, a strike towards the Houthis was carried out not by the Israel Air Drive however by the Israel Navy.
Barak Magen is the title given to the Barak MX air protection system produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and put in on the Sa’ar 6 ships. The Barak MX system has been offered to a number of clients, amongst them Azerbaijan, in contracts price some $1.2 billion. The system helps varied radars and launchers for canopy towards fight plane, helicopters, UAVs, cruise missiles, and floor=to-air and ground-to-ground missiles.
The system is predicated on a wise, operationally-proven management middle that integrates different missiles and interceptors: the Barak MRAD short-range interceptor is launched vertically at excessive pace, and is customized to take care of threats at a variety of as much as 35 kilometers. It has a radar-based homing system and a single pulse motor. The long-range Barak LRAD interceptor, which has a dual-pulse motor, is designed to counter threats at a variety of as much as 70 kilometers. The Barak ER interceptor has a dual-pulse motor plus a rocket booster, and is efficient at a variety of as much as 150 kilometers. The motors for these interceptors are produced by state-owned firm Tomer.
The model in use by Israel’s air protection array is the Barak LRAD, which efficiently underwent trials final August.
For the reason that starting of the operation towards Iran, the Israel Navy’s missile ship fleet has shot down 25 UAVs, however many of the interceptions had been by the use of the C-Dome system, the maritime model of the now veteran Iron Dome short-range air protection system produced by Rafael.
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