In this July 29, 2004 file photo an anti-ballistic missile, under development by the United States and Israel, lifts off from Point Mugu Sea Range, off the California coast, as a test of an improved version of the Arrow missile. AP photo
Israel and the United States recently carried out a successful test of the Arrow anti-missile system over the Mediterranean Sea, the Israeli defence ministry said on Friday. During the target-only tracking exercise, the Arrow's radar tracked a target "representative of potential ballistic missile threats facing Israel," the statement read, and "transferred information to the Citron Tree Battle Management Controller, which prepared a simulated intercept solution." According to the defence ministry, the test was the final one "prior to delivery of block 4 Arrow Weapons System." "This was a major milestone in the development of the Arrow Weapon System and provides confidence in operational Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threat," the ministry said.
