The 10,000 km/h rammed

The intersection of air strikes between Israel and Iran continues. After the start of the Egree Israeli Leon operation, which aims to end the Iranian nuclear program and to throw away the leadership of the army and the revolutionary guard, the Jamei regime responded by launching Hundreds of Shahed -Drones and Ballistic and Hypersonic missiles against cities such as Tel Aviv or Haifa.

Some of those projectiles, such as could be verified in the images that flood social networks, have been these days intercepted outside the atmosphere of the earth by Israel’s anti -aircraft systemswho belong to the most advanced in the world.

These interceptions are not related to the famous iron dome, designed to tackle with short -rules of threats, but with arrow, David Sling and Thaad, the latter given by the United States and present on Israeli soil since last October.

The Thaad battery (abbreviation for High-Altivity Terminal Pease Area) and around 100 American soldiers were deployed in Israel Strengthen their defense against the constant attacks with ballistic missiles from Iran.

In fact, the antimisile system was Used for the first time in fighting by American troops on Israeli soil at the end of December. He did it against a medium -range ballistic rocket (MRBM) launched by the Hutis rebels supported by Iran in Yemen, and could have demonstrated their capacities in recent Iranian attacks.

Thraad

The first concept of this Great height terminal defense was presented in the late 80s And he took shape at the beginning of the next decade through various proposals by different companies in the arms industry, until he became one of the most advanced anti -aircraft systems in the world.

The program made use of the results of earlier anti -mijl defense initiatives, such as the high -performance and data mospheric defense interception (HEDI) or the integrated technology -experiment of the Kinetic destruction vehicle (kite). Finally, In 1992, the US Army selected Lockheed Martin as the most important contractor for the development of Thaad.

His accession to service eventually took place in 2008, but it was only in 2022 when he carried out his first operational interception, in the United Arab Emirates against a ballistic rocket of the Hutis rebels. At the moment, It is also used in strategic areas of Guam and South Korea.

This is the only American defense system that can attack and destroy ballistic missiles of short, average and intermediate range, Both inside and outside the atmosphere during the flight terminal phase.

The Thaad battery configuration currently in Israel is not confirmed by the Pentagon or the Israeli FDI, but can include a unity of this type Up to nine mobile transporters rectorsEach armed with eight interceptive projectiles.

These kinetic missiles eliminate missiles that collide with them instead of exploiting near the eye They are 6.17 m long and a weight of 900 kg. The propulsion is entrusted with a fixed internship solid fuel rocket engine with thrust vectorization, allowing the MAC 8.2 speeds to reach, equal to 10,000 km/h.

The objective data and the planned interception point are fired in the projectile before the launch or during the flight itself, so that it allows it Destroyed air threats at distances between 150 and 200 km, with a maximum height of 150 km.

To detect any incoming ballistic rocket, the system can follow goals with a range of up to 3000 km (Iran is approximately 1,700 km from Israel), and it has for this A long-distance radar an/tpy-2 from band XA mobile fire brigade and control center, in addition to various support teams.

Thanks to the mobile character, they can easily transport them to critical or particularly vulnerable areas, and in the case of Israel Works in coordination with the rest of anti -plane systemsSuch as the Arrow 2 or David’s Sling (Honda de David, in Spanish and through biblical reference).

David Arrow and Honda

These antimisile systems in Israel are the Responsible for protecting the territory of attacks with long linesNormally in the leading role ballistic and hypersonic missiles in one of his forms. Iran has a large arsenal of both types, a majority of them with sufficient operational reach to reach Israel.

The arrow has, like a complete system, various elements beyond the interceptor rocket itself. One of the most important is The Radarmatrix is ​​strategically installed in the area From the Hebrew country and continues to investigate heaven in search of great caliber ballistic threats. In this case he uses the SO -Called Super Green Pine developed by Elta, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

It is “designed to intercept and destroy the newest and most scope threats, especially those who wear those mass destruction weapons,” says IAI. It has 2,400 kilometers of effective action beam with a maximum height of 100 kilometers.

The other person who is in charge of long -range threats is David’s pendulum. It was developed by the Israeli Rafael and it is a “modular, scalable and flexible system”, as described by the company. May 10, 2023, Davids Sling made his first interception of a rocket released from Gaza And directed against civilian objectives in Israel.

It started to develop in 2006 to settle at one step under the arrow and it was only in 2017 when it became official service within the defense groups. Use the stunner rockets they get An intercept range that goes from 40 to 300 kilometers and is more than 8,000 km/h speed.

Radar detection systems are signed by the American Raytheon, one of the great specialists in the sector, and is integrated with the rest of the shields available in Israel. “The Battle Management Center uses information about the multimission and infrastructure sources to create an accurate and detailed image of the air situation,” they explain Van Rafael.