ISRAEL: ISRAEL INAUGURATES NEW ARROW MISSILE SYSTEM.

Record ID: 398973

  • Title: ISRAEL: ISRAEL INAUGURATES NEW ARROW MISSILE SYSTEM.
  • Date: 15th March 2000
  • Summary: PALMACHIM ARMY BASE, ISRAEL (MARCH 14, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. GV: MISSILE LAUNCH PAD RISING (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. GV/LAS: LAUNCH PAD, WITH ISRAELI FLAG/ ARROW MISSILE (2 SHOTS) 0.28 3. GV: MILITARY OFFICERS AT CEREMONY 0.32 4. MV: BAND PLAYING 0.43 5. GV: MILITARY PERSONNEL AT CEREMONY, MISSILE IN BACKGROUND 0.47 6. LV: INAUGURATI
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2000 13:00
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  • Location: PALMACHIM ARMY BASE, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA2NX8X1RI3ZZLQLI8ZFBE2IGIX
  • Story Text: Israel has inaugurated the Arrow missile system in a
    ceremony attended by United States Ambassador Martin Indyk and
    and top military officials.

    The multi-million dollar Arrow missile development
    programme began more than a decade ago.

    Israel inaugurated its arrow missile on Monday (March
    14) after more then a decade of development.

    The multi-million-dollar Arrow missile development
    programme began more than a decade ago as part of U.S.

    President Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" Strategic Defence
    Initiative, but really took off after Iraq fired 39 Scud
    missiles at Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.

    The U.S.-supplied Patriot missiles proved disappointing in
    that conflict, and the United States and Israel began
    developing the Arrow battery, designed to track incoming
    missiles and guide an anti-missile missile at a speed of two
    miles (3.2 km) per second to within 13 feet (4 metres) of
    the target.

    In January 1999 the Arrow was declared operational after
    it successfully hit a practice target over the Mediterranean.

    U.S.Ambassador Martin Indyk, who attended the
    inauguration, said he was proud of the Arrow's achievements.

    "I would like to say, from all of us to all of you on this
    occasion, a hearty "Mazel Tov" ("congratulations" in Hebrew),
    he said.

    The missile was designed to intercept incoming missiles
    at altitudes of between 10 and 40 km (6 and 25 miles).


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