According to Brigadier General Doron Gavish, commander, Air Defense Forces, the active defense is a part of a new concept the air defense and the IDF is evaluating. “The first part of this concept is attacking capabilities, the second is alert capabilities. Obviously passive defense is very important, as well as the active defense phase.
Gavish said the current ‘Iron Dome’ deployment is part of the comprehensive response in dealing with continuous ballistic rocket attacks, and an important part of its ‘active defense’ capability. ”We are accelerating this operational test in order to be ready as fast as we can with the first systems that will be deployed in the next few weeks.” Gavish said. In the recent tests conducted by the air defense forces last month the units themselves performed the firing and scored impressive results. “During these tests we were shooting against a variety of threats, some of them representing those we saw lately being shot at Israel.”
“We are moving from testing and training on the system to evaluating the system operational conditions.” Gavis said. “The evaluation test taking place in the southern part of Israel began today and will last for several weeks” Gen. Gavish said. The units will practice deployment at several sites, with movement between positions being part of the evaluation itself. Testing Iron Dome against real threats, in stressful combat conditions will place the unit, and the entire new C-RAM active-defense, in the limelight of the media, politics and in fact, the entire world.
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