David’s Sling: Israel Ministry of Defense Spokesperson’s Office
Israel has conducted another series of successful tests of its David’s Sling anti-missile defense system, part of its vaunted Iron Dome system. In the test, air and missile defense system intercepted complex scenarios. A series of exercises and tests in southern Israel were conducted by the Israel Air Force that included simulated advanced threats and enhanced the system’s capabilities.
This came just two months after David’s Sling had its first successful operational interception during Operation “Shield and Arrow” in May.
The tests were carried out together with the Israel Ministry of Defense’s Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, David Sling’s developer.
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The Iron Dome is so effective that countries around the world are banging on the door to acquire its technology. For example, Germany recently agreed to pay $4.3 billion to acquire Israel’s Arrow-3 missile, part of the Iron Dome missile defense system.
And the Ukrainian government has been trying to get its hands on the tech to defend itself against Russia’s ongoing invasion of their country.
The “David’s Sling” successfully performed a series of live-fire tests, specifically designed to counter advanced threats like ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, aircrafts, and UAVs. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Elbit Systems also participated in the tests.
The exercises and tests examined the system’s existing capabilities in a number of challenging scenarios, proving the system’s operational capabilities during conflict. They also constitute an additional important milestone in the operational integration of the system into the Israeli Air Force, in the face of the variety of threats in the various combat arenas of the IDF. Senior leadership from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a key partner in the development and production of the David’s Sling system, were on site to witness the event.
The David’s Sling system, together with the Arrow systems, the Iron Dome, and the C-Dome (the naval configuration of the Iron Dome), forms an essential layer of the State of Israel’s air and missile defense array. The Israel Ministry of Defense, through the IMDO, leads their development efforts. The primary contractor for the system is Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, with Raytheon Missile Systems as a sub-contractor. The MMR is developed by Elta, a subsidiary of IAI, and Elbit Systems is the developer of the BMC command center.
The IAF Chief of Air Staff, Brig. Gen. Eyal Grinboim said, “The Israeli Air Force, in collaboration with our partners in the field of air defense force build-up processes, operates tirelessly day and night to fully unleash the potential of the system and optimize its performance in diverse and demanding scenarios. Through the testing of this model, we have successfully demonstrated our ability to carry out successful interceptions even in the most challenging scenarios. The combat soldiers have proven their outstanding operational capabilities yet again.”
