Originally posted by Gank
war Audio pronunciation of "war" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wôr)
n.
1.
1. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.
2. The period of such conflict.
3. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.
2.
1. A condition of active antagonism or contention: a war of words; a price war.
2. A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious: the war against acid rain.
I believe the Lebanon invasion would fall under this definition.
95% success? Thats impressive. What exactly has it shot down? Because missiles seem to hit Israel quite regularly from Lebanon and Gaza.
And yeah i did mean india.
scuds mostly and the most accurate simulations avaliable of the shabib 3(sp?) missles Iran has, the ones that can reach Israel.
The Arrow 2 missile approaches the target at a maximum speed of Mach 9, or 2.5km/s, at a maximum altitude of 50,000km.
The system is designed to intercept as many as 14 incoming missiles. The first test of its ability to launch multiple missiles at different targets was conducted in January 2003.
The Arrow missile is launched before the threat missile's trajectory and intercept point are accurately known. As more trajectory data becomes available, the optimum intercept point is more precisely defined and the missile is guided towards the optimum intercept point.
The intercept altitudes are from a minimum of 10km up to a maximum of 50km. The maximum intercept range is approx. 90km
The kill vehicle section of the missile, containing the warhead, fusing and the terminal seeker, is equipped with four aerodynamically controlled moving fins to give low altitude interception capability. The warhead is a high explosive directed blast fragmentation warhead developed by Rafael, which is capable of destroying a target within a 50m radius.
The Arrow 2 system can detect and track incoming missiles as far way as 500 km and can intercept missiles 50-90 km away. The Arrow 2 uses a terminally-guided interceptor warhead to destroy an incoming missile from its launch at an altitude of 10 to 40km at nine times the speed of sound. Since the missile does not need to directly hit the target--detonation within 40-50 meters is sufficient to disable an incoming warhead. The command and control system is designed to respond to as many as 14 simultaneous intercepts.
Arrow 2 tests:
Test 1 (July 30th, 1995): Designed to test the steering, control and cruising systems of the Arrow. The test was conducted without a target missile.
Test 2 (February 20th, 1996): Another successful experiment. This time a target missile had not been launched as well.
Test 3 (August 20th, 1996): Successful interception. The Arrow successfully destroyed the target missile.
Test 4: (March 11th, 1997): Another successful interception. The Arrow destroyed the target missile this time as well.
Test 5 (August 20th, 1997): The missile was destroyed by ground orders due to malfunction in the missile's steering system.
Test 6 (September 14th, 1998): The missile was launched towards a virtual target created by a simulator. The test was successful.
Test 7 (November 1st, 1999): Full systems test. The missile was launched towards a virtual Scud target and successfully managed to hit and destroy it.
Test 8 (September 14th, 2000): The Arrow was launched towards the target missile Black Sparrow launched from an F-15 fighter jet simulating a Scud. The Arrow hit and destroyed the target.
Test 9 (August 28th, 2001): Full systems test wherein the Arrow was launched towards a Black Sparrow target missile, simulating a ballistic missile flight. The interception was conducted at a range larger than 100 kilometers at higher altitudes than before. The Arrow hit its target and destroyed it.
Test 10 (January 5th, 2003): Full systems test that did not include interception. Four missiles were launched towards four simulation targets in order to examine the interceptor's performance on special flight conditions and the system's ability at a sequence of launches.
Test 11 (December 16th, 2003): An test that examined the improved systems added as a result of a contract with the US, enabling the Arrow to intercept at a high ceiling.
http://israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/surface_missiles/arrow/Arrow.htmlAnyway as I was saying the missiles launched from Gaza are usually Quassam missiles very short ranged up and down really no time to intercept them and a waste of money considering their very low lethality and accuracy
The ones from Lebanon again are mostly smaller shorter ranged missiles and allot are anti vehicular missiles... non ballistic.
(as far as I know/think... disclaimer: some of this I just cant be bothered to look up ATM I have some more debates on other forums to get to
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