Nicosia (Cyprus) is buying the Iron Dome anti-aircraft system from Israel, “Kathimerini” reveals: The signatures have fallen
Nicosia (Cyprus) is buying the Iron Dome anti-aircraft system from Israel, “Kathimerini” reveals: The signatures have fallen
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The National Guard was eager to include it in its arsenal and the Ministry of Defense satisfied the wishes of the Cypriot army staff.
As the “Kathimerini” of Cyprus had written at the beginning of the summer (text by Apostolos Tomaras), the Ministry of Defense implemented the government’s decision to purchase the Israeli Iron Dome anti-aircraft system.
As “K” is aware, the decision has been implemented and the signatures have already been signed with the Israeli side. This particular system based on the available data is the best currently available in air defense.
This particular weapon system has passed all the tough tests in Israel receiving excellent comments for the rate of effectiveness in dealing with attacks by Hamas.
The specific system was seen up close by the head of the National Guard, Lt. Gen. Dimokritos Zervakis, during a visit he made to Israel last March. The system is considered ideal for the needs of the Cypriot air defense as well as the threat from Turkish UAVs.
The Israeli anti-aircraft system has been in use by the Israeli army since March 2009 when the first tests were successfully carried out and it was put into full operational operation in 2011.
It consists of three parts: The detection and tracking radar, the combat management and control system, and a missile array.
The range of the system’s missiles is 70 kilometers, fully covering in the case of Cyprus, a potential hostile action from the occupied territories, while it can also deal with an imported threat from the air.
Last time Cyprus got anti air defences turkey threatened with war, curious how this one will go
uhm – but this wont have to deal with toy rockets from Palestine, hope it is worthy the money..