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Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:04 AM
 
United States to increase missile defense spending and collaboration with Israel.
United States House and Senate Armed Services Committees would increase American missile defense spending by some $358 million, bringing the total to $9.5 billion. Funds for missile defense collaboration are separate from the average $3 billion (NIS 10.5 billion) in defense assistance Israel receives from the United States annually .
     
United States House and Senate Armed Services Committees would increase American missile defense spending by some $358 million, bringing the total to $9.5 billion. Funds for missile defense collaboration are separate from the average $3 billion (NIS 10.5 billion) in defense assistance Israel receives from the United States annually .
The Iron Dome system has been selected by the Israeli Defense Ministry to provide the lowest layer of Israel Multi-Layered Air & Missiles Defense umbrella.
     

Israel employs a layered defense system, with Iron Dome covering rocket launches from four to 70 kilometers away and Arrow 2 addressing threats from 300 to 1700 kilometers away. Neither the mid-range David’s Sling, which was successfully tested in November, nor the long-range Arrow 3, are operational yet.

Iron Dome is the world's only dual mission counter rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) and Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) system. Iron Dome is an affordable, effective and innovative defense solution (CR&AM Class) for the asymmetric threats of short-range rockets, (up to 70 km), and mortars, and also serves as a VSHORAD Missile System (up to 10 km) against traditional Air Defense targets.

The bill includes nearly $34 million (NIS 119 million) for improving the Arrow system, co-developed by American company Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries. It also calls for $22 million (NIS 77 million) developing Israel’s upper tier interceptor, the Arrow 3. The missile interceptor is designed to deal with nuclear payloads by hitting long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles after they have left the atmosphere, thereby reducing possible fallout from a detonation.

     
"David's Sling" provides an affordable and lethal solution against Medium & Long-Range Artillery Rockets (M/LRAR), Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM) and Cruise Missiles (CM).
The David’s Sling launcher carries up to 12 Stunner interceptors in canisters and launches them from a near-vertical orientation.
     

The medium-range David’s Sling system, developed by Rafael and Raytheon for the Israel Missile Defense Organization and the US Missile Defense Agency, will see $117.2 million (NIS 409 million) in additional funding.

David’s Sling addresses rocket and mid-range ballistic missile threats, as well as drones and incoming aircraft, and, once operational, will fill a gap between the existing short-range Iron Dome system and the Arrow 2.

The bill also backed US President Barack Obama’s request for $220 million (NIS 768 million) to help Israel buy more Iron Dome batteries. It also included $15 million (NIS 52 million) to create a production facility for the defense system’s parts in the US.

"David's Sling" provides an affordable and lethal solution against Medium & Long-Range Artillery Rockets (M/LRAR), Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM) and Cruise Missiles (CM). The Detection and Tracking System is based on the phased-array, search-and-track radar (MMR). The MMR can track multiple targets. The Battle Management Command (BMC) manages the following system tasks: Detection system data processing, threat trajectory estimation, building an appropriate defense plan for the engagement, assigning weapon-to-target and launching interceptors.