For the first time in military history: Israel knocked down a ballistic rocket in space - media (video)

It is believed that this is the first time in military history, when the ballistic missile was intercepted in space, writes The Telegraph. The tile has released little details of interception, but it is known that the Air Force of Israel is known to have several Arrow 2 batteries, which uses hyper-ranging missiles-interceptors to destroy the approaching goals at high altitude outside the Earth's atmosphere.

The Israeli Army statement states that the Air Force systems have tracked the rocket trajectory and intercepted it in the most suitable "operational moment". "Successful intercepting is something more than just protecting the residents of Eilat and strikeing Hussites.

First of all, it proves to Iran who stood on launch and gave the rocket to Hussites that Israel has the opportunity to act against his rocket program, and it has much wider Consequences for the regional conflict, " - said the representative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The destroyed ballistic rocket launched on Monday, October 30, was reported to be Kader rocket-an improved version of the Iranian SHAHAB-3 development.

'Having a length of more than 15 meters, Kader carries a fugas warhead, and its range allows Hussites to attack targets throughout Israel. This is the threat to which the Arrow system was developed to counter, for the first time, about 25 years ago. The joint American-Israeli project Arrow arose from the need to give Israel the opportunity to protect themselves after the Israeli cities attacked the Iraqi missiles "Skad" during the first war in the Persian Gulf in January 1991.

While other systems were initially intended for knocking down aircraft and they had to be adapted to the interception of high range ballistic missiles at much higher altitudes and speeds, Arrow was the first system developed specifically for this task. Recall that Iranian proxy in Yemen officially entered the war against Israel on Monday, October 31.

The official representative of the Armed Forces of Yemen Brigadna Yahaya As-Sari actually announced the support of the Palestinians in the Gaza sector and the beginning of hostilities against Israel. Earlier in the Ministry of Finance, Israel reported how much war with Hamas cost. According to journalists, the assessment is based on the fact that the war will last from 8 to 12 months, limited to the Gaza sector, without the full participation of Lebanon "Hezbolla", Iran or Yemen.