Israel lit a hypersonic rocket and was able to intercept it.
A day earlier, the Avia.pro information resource reported that the Israeli missile defense system, according to the Israeli side, was successfully tested. Experts, in turn, noted that the Sparrow rocket was used as a target, however, according to the Telegram channel, the military observer used the hypersonic aeroballistic rocket ROCKS, which, by the way, was first introduced only a few months backwards
“In the testing of the Israeli missile defense system Arrow 3 in Alaska, there’s another point. The target for the antimissile system was the latest Israeli aeroballistic rocket ROCKS from Rafael ADS, which was presented at the Aero India exhibition in Bangalore in February and compared with the Russian Dagger. ”- said in the message.
Israeli missile jets fleet to launch the "Sparrow" target missiles (which simulate Iranian Shehab missiles) that were intercepted by Arrow3, says Israeli BMD head
HT @AnshelPfeffer https://t.co/FdZnR2P5Ik pic.twitter.com/TWRzWd8h9i- avi scharf (@avischarf) July 28, 2019
On the other hand, sources familiar with the situation published a photo that actually depicts an Israeli fighter equipped with a supersonic “Sparrow” rocket, in connection with which, a lot of questions arise as to how the testing of the latest Israeli missile defense system was carried out.