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Travelers who were walking in the Arad area of the Judean desert, enjoying the starry night, were surprised to find themselves standing next to a ballistic missile, a remnant of the major attack that Tehran launched against Israel, which included more than 300 suicide drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.
This is not the first missile discovered in the south since the attack. Similar missiles were discovered nearby in the Dead Sea area immediately after.
So how is it that civilians are still finding missiles on the ground ten days after the attack, especially after the IDF spokesman stated that Israel’s air defense system successfully intercepted 99% of them?
The warhead is the payload that the missile carries, the whole purpose of which is to put it into orbit on the way to the target.
Tal Inbar, an expert on the Iranian missile program
The cost of these missiles is high: an Arrow-2 costs about 3 million dollars. The goal is to destroy the target with as few interceptors as possible. That’s why a lot of effort has been put into developing the ability of Israeli air defense systems to distinguish between the warhead and the missile itself. This enables us to launch an interceptor at the right target and not waste an interceptor on the missile itself, as long as it is not about to land in a populated area.
The Jerusalem Post. Read the full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-798580