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Israel Boasts Destruction of Houthi Ballistic, Cruise Missiles in Space, Using F-35s – Videos
Israel Boasts Destruction of Houthi Ballistic, Cruise Missiles in Space, Using F-35s – Videos
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The Houthis – the shoeless Yemeni militia which have successfully withstood a US-backed Arab coalition’s intervention in Yemen for five years running, declared war on Israel in support of Hamas on Tuesday and began launching ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at the Jewish State, bringing the region a step closer to a major war.
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Houthi ballistic and cruise missile barrages against Israel have provided the Israeli military with an opportunity to show off some of its latest military hardware, with the IDF publishing footage showing what's said to be the first-ever destruction of inbound missiles using the Arrow Aerial Defense System, and using Israel’s highly customized F-35I ‘Adir’ fighters.The intercept, said to have occurred on October 31, is only the second-ever combat deployment of the Arrow system, with the first occurring in March 2017, when an Arrow missile was used to shoot down a Syrian S-200 air defense missile fired at an Israeli jet engaged in a bombing run against Syria over Lebanese airspace.Media reports suggest the Arrow-2 variant of Israeli interceptor missile was used. The interceptor was developed jointly by Israel and the United States, and is designed to engage short and medium-range ballistic missiles. The weapon consists of a two-stage solid-propellant rocket, and was first deployed in the year 2000. Developers say the system’s interceptor can accelerate to hypersonic speeds to destroy enemy projectiles.Footage released by the IDF of the intercept shows the faint outline of a cylindrical missile-shaped object flying through the air, followed by the rapid approach of a second projectile, and then an explosion.The second video shows what the IDF says is footage of an F-35I fighter tracking and destroying an enemy cruise missile. The footage shows the enemy projectile flying at subsonic speed close to the ground, and suddenly bursting into flames after being struck by a bright object.The Houthis are assumed to have hundreds of ballistic, cruise and anti-ship missiles in their arsenal, with most of them variants of Soviet-era weapons modernized over the course of the Yemeni militia’s five-year-long war against a Saudi-led Arab coalition backed by the United States and Britain. The militia is also known to possess long-range drones, which have been used to great effect against their adversaries.Israel has deployed naval assets in the Red Sea to counter the Houthi missile and drone threat, with Saudi Arabia reportedly assisting in the interception of missiles targeting the Jewish State.
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Israel Boasts Destruction of Houthi Ballistic, Cruise Missiles in Space, Using F-35s – Videos
19:13 GMT 05.11.2023 (Updated: 19:35 GMT 05.11.2023) The Houthis – the Yemeni militia which have successfully withstood a US-backed Arab coalition’s intervention in Yemen for five years running, declared war on Israel in support of Hamas on Tuesday and began launching ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at the Jewish State, bringing the region a step closer to a major war.
Houthi ballistic and cruise missile barrages against Israel have provided the Israeli military with an opportunity to show off some of its latest military hardware, with the IDF publishing footage showing what's said to be the first-ever destruction of inbound missiles using the Arrow Aerial Defense System, and using Israel’s highly customized F-35I ‘Adir’ fighters.
The IDF’s social media accounts published a video of the purported downing of a ballistic missile using an Arrow interceptor on November 2, with the footage marking what may be the first-ever intercept of an enemy ballistic missile in space, and the first-ever reported case of space combat.
The intercept, said to have occurred on October 31, is only the second-ever combat deployment of the Arrow system, with the first occurring in March 2017, when an Arrow missile was used to shoot down a Syrian S-200 air defense missile fired at an Israeli jet engaged in a bombing run against Syria over Lebanese airspace.
Media reports
suggest the
Arrow-2 variant of Israeli interceptor missile was used. The interceptor was developed jointly by Israel and the United States, and is designed to engage short and medium-range ballistic missiles. The weapon consists of a two-stage solid-propellant rocket, and was first deployed in the year 2000. Developers
say the system’s interceptor can accelerate to hypersonic speeds to destroy enemy projectiles.
Footage released by the IDF of the intercept shows the faint outline of a cylindrical missile-shaped object flying through the air, followed by the rapid approach of a second projectile, and then an explosion.
The second video shows what the IDF says is footage of an F-35I fighter tracking and destroying an enemy cruise missile. The footage shows the enemy projectile flying at subsonic speed close to the ground, and suddenly bursting into flames after being struck by a bright object.
The shootdown is a first of its kind for the F-35I since the US-made warplane’s introduction into service late 2017, although the jets have previously been deployed against Syria for other missions. The Israeli variant of the F-35 features a number of major modifications to the base model fighter, including customized command, control, communications, electronic warfare and weapons integration systems.
The Houthis are assumed to have hundreds of ballistic, cruise and anti-ship missiles in their arsenal, with most of them variants of Soviet-era weapons modernized over the course of the Yemeni militia’s five-year-long war against a Saudi-led Arab coalition backed by the United States and Britain. The militia is also known to possess long-range drones, which have been used to great effect against their adversaries.
Israel has deployed naval assets in the Red Sea to counter the Houthi missile and drone threat, with Saudi Arabia reportedly
assisting in the interception of missiles targeting the Jewish State.
