U.S. Air Force soldiers unload a THAAD air defense battery at Nevatim base, Israel, March 1, 2019. (Credit: Robert Durr/DVIDS/AFP)
At a time when Iran is preparing for Israel to retaliate against the 180 ballistic missiles the former fired on Oct. 1, Tel Aviv seems willing to fine-tune its anti-aircraft defenses in anticipation of an Iranian retaliation. After all, these strikes may have considerably depleted Israel’s stocks of anti-missile interceptors. The repeated attacks by Hezbollah and Houthis on Haifa and Tel Aviv in recent weeks have, according to some observers, unveiled flaws in the Israeli system that is specifically designed to counter attacks from abroad.In this context, Washington and its ally said on Oct. 13 that the U.S. will deploy ballistic missile defense systems to Israel. This is reportedly the first operational deployment of the U.S. military THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) batteries in the country — some of which were deployed to...
At a time when Iran is preparing for Israel to retaliate against the 180 ballistic missiles the former fired on Oct. 1, Tel Aviv seems willing to fine-tune its anti-aircraft defenses in anticipation of an Iranian retaliation. After all, these strikes may have considerably depleted Israel’s stocks of anti-missile interceptors. The repeated attacks by Hezbollah and Houthis on Haifa and Tel Aviv in recent weeks have, according to some observers, unveiled flaws in the Israeli system that is specifically designed to counter attacks from abroad.In this context, Washington and its ally said on Oct. 13 that the U.S. will deploy ballistic missile defense systems to Israel. This is reportedly the first operational deployment of the U.S. military THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) batteries in the country — some of which were deployed...