Israel\u2019s US-backed Arrow-3 ballistic missile shield has passed a series of live interception tests over Alaska, state of USA.<\/p>\n
On this occasion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said \u201cThe performance was perfect \u2014 every hit a bull\u2019s eye,\u201d\u00a0casting the achievement as a warning to Iran.<\/p>\n
Iran has been locked in a spiralling confrontation with the United States over its nuclear programme and missile projects.<\/p>\n
Jointly manufactured by US firm Boeing Co, Arrow-3 is billed as capable of shooting down incoming missiles in space, an altitude that would destroy any non-conventional warheads safely.<\/p>\n
Israel views the Arrow-3 as a defensive wall against the ballistic missiles fielded by Iran and Syria.<\/p>\n
Washington said last week that Iran appeared to have tested a medium-range ballistic missile that flew about 1,000km. Tehran said such tests were for defensive needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday Israel has the capabilities to act against ballistic missiles launched at us from Iran and from anywhere else,\u201d Netanyahu said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
It passed its first full interception test over the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 and was deployed in Israel in 2017.<\/p>\n
Arrow-3\u2019s Alaska trials had been expected last year but were postponed, following earlier difficulties in testing the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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