16.10.2004, 19:20
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TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's newly-modified missile alert system has been deemed operational.
The system was said to have worked smoothly this week and alerted Israeli authorities to the launch of Kassam-class short-range missiles from the northern Gaza Strip. Officials said the system, called "Reliable Network," was meant to warn civilian authorities and residents of the Israeli city of Sderot, the target of most Kassam attacks.
Officials said the system, developed by Rafael, Israel Armament Development Authority, spotted two Kassam missiles on Oct. 13 and automatically relayed an alert over the civil defense network. Loudspeakers throughout Sderot broadcast the Hebrew equivalent of "Red Dawn," the code for a Kassam attack.
Reliable Network was meant to provide civilians with up to 20 seconds before the landing of a Kassam missile. The system was based on radar, observation posts and acoustic sensors meant to detect and warn of an approaching short-range missile.