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IAF conducts first missile-defense system test

In order to find out, the air force this week began laboratory tests on all of its anti-missile defense systems, the military said in a statement Saturday.

Named 'Tiramisu' after a multi-layered Italian pudding dish, the computer-simulated exercise tested how well several new systems would cope with a simultaneous barrage of missiles at every possible altitude and trajectory.

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"We tested the operability of our systems to handle every threat, from Qassam fire from Gaza to Fajr missiles fired from Lebanon, to the Iranian Shihab," said Lt. Col. Avi Cohen, who manages the IAF's Arrow program.

One aim of the exercise was to see how each system would function as a back-up for the others after a failure to shoot down an incoming missile at the first attempt, the military said.

Results of the computer testing will give the IAF a better idea of where best to deploy its anti-missile defenses, as well helping commanders draw up recommendations to the Defense Ministry over how many batteries of each type it should acquire.

Testing should also help the IAF decide on whether to set up a joint operations center for all three programs and the other systems also tested in the exercise: Israeli-built Arrow 2 and Patriot systems; and American Aegis and THAAD-Patriot batteries based permanently in Israel for emergency deployment.

"This is the first time we have run comprehensive tests on all the systems,' Cohen said, adding that the simulations would give the air force experience of operating the new technology even before it was delivered.

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Wie die wohl immer ihre Operationsnamen auswürfeln :lol: