Israel has recently successfully tested the Hetz-3 missile defense system. The complex is designed to destroy targets outside the earth's atmosphere. This was officially announced by the Ministry of Defense of Israel.
Hetz-3 is being developed to reinforce the “upper echelon” of national missile defense, which, according to the developers, must effectively withstand everything that can fly and explode: from ordinary projectiles armed by Palestinian militants to Iran’s ballistic missiles.
The tests showed the excellent capabilities of the Hetz-3 complex. An anti-missile launched from the installation of the complex successfully hit a flying target.
It is noteworthy that before this the system was repeatedly tested for interception of targets in space and two years ago it entered the troops - this was called the completion of the first stage of its development.
The Israeli anti-missile forces are already equipped with the Patriot and Hetz complexes of earlier versions, designed to combat the Iranian shihabs and Syrian scads, and the Iron Dome batteries, which are capable of shooting down short-range missiles like Palestinian kassam "And" grads. " Intermediate between them is the "Sling of David." Its main purpose, according to local media, is to intercept missiles with a range of 70 to 300 kilometers, of which the militants of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are especially numerous.
