David’s Sling missile defense system upgraded to counter new Iranian threats
The new upgrade, expands its engagement envelope, improves radar sensitivity, and enhances its ability to counter low‑flying, maneuverable threats.
The new upgrade, expands its engagement envelope, improves radar sensitivity, and enhances its ability to counter low‑flying, maneuverable threats.
Though the idea was first explored in the USA and Australia – Israel has become a world leader in the technology.
Scorpius scans the sky, intercepts and analyzes signals, and then fires microwave pulses that can disable or degrade enemy electronics.
Their incredible speed and unpredictability make it nearly impossible for existing systems to calculate an intercept point.
The concept phase began in 2006 following the Second Lebanon War, when Israel urgently sought a solution to short‑range rocket threats.
FIREWEAVER was created to solve a persistent challenge in contemporary warfare: the delay between identifying a target and engaging it.
The USA, Russia, China, and several European nations have all attempted to develop high-energy laser weapons, but failed.
Unlike lasers, which require precise targeting and line-of-sight, microwaves can simultaneously neutralize many targets, over a wide area.
The first operational loitering munitions were introduced in the 1990s, by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
The system is designed to handle saturation attacks that would overwhelm traditional missile-based defenses.
BY Hezy Laing Israel is on the cusp of a revolutionary leap in missile defense, with its laser-based interception system—Iron Beam, also known as Magen
Israel’s defense exports have nearly doubled in just five years.
