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The Israeli “Hetz”
anti-missile defense system.
Protecting Israel’s Skies Using Ballistic Missiles -
High Quality Weapons in the IDF
The reader of this article can understand that the threats against Israel by its enemies
are very strong and real, and some of these enemies continue to stress their
desire to destroy the State of Israel. They prepare their armies and arm them with
the most modern weapons with the aim of attacking and destroying the Jewish State.
They do not hide their intentions and continue to develop nuclear or biological weapons
of mass destruction.
Syria secretly built a plan to produce nuclear weapons on the border near Turkey,
which was destroyed by an air strike. The world assumes that the strike was by the
IAF. Iran, in defiance of all international demands, continues to develop nuclear
weapons and makes no secret of its intentions to use them against Israel.
During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, both Egypt and Syria fired land-to-land missiles
against Israel - Frog missiles from Syria and Scud missiles from Egypt. Israel
had to confront these newly acquired weapons that have entered the war theater. The
situation deteriorated during Operation “Desert Storm” - the first Gulf War in 1991
when Iraq fired about 40 Iraqi developed “Hussein” Scud missiles into Israel. These