By Hugh Fitzgerald | August 7, 2025
David’s Sling Weapons System Stunner Missile intercepts target during inaugural flight test. (Photo by United States Missile Defense Agency – http://www.mda.mil/news/gallery_internationalcoop_davidssling.html, Public Domain, Wikipedia)
The Israeli defense industry, led by the big three — Rafael, Elbit, and Israel Aircraft Industries — keeps on coming up with new weapons, such as the laser-based anti-missile weapon, the Iron Beam, that will cost only a few dollars as compared to the tens of thousands for the Iron Dome that does the same thing, and in improving those it already possesses. Now Rafael’s David’s Sling, an air and missile defense system, that has lately been improved, has been tested and managed to surpass all expectations in shooting down short, medium, and long-range missiles, including ballistic missiles. It does so at a fraction of the cost of either the Arrow 2, used to shoot down ballistic missiles, or the Iron Dome, used to shoot down short-range rockets.
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