25.01.2005, 18:08
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TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has determined a requirement for a defense system against Iranian-origin long-range rockets supplied to Hizbullah.
Officials said the Defense Ministry has contracted a feasibility study on a system to defend against the 15,000 rockets deployed by Hizbullah along the Lebanese border with Israel. They said the ministry as well as the military have assessed that Israel has come under immediate threat from these rockets, many of which have a range that can strike cities in the center of the country.
For the last 15 years, Israel has developed, tested and deployed the Arrow-2 missile defense system, meant to protect the country against Scud-class and Shihab-3 intermediate-range missiles. The ministry study would examine the feasibility of using elements of the Arrow to defend against missiles and rockets with a range of 100 to 250 kilometers.
The biggest rocket threat in Hizbullah's arsenal, officials said, was the Iranian-origin Fajr rocket. Officials said the new version of the Fajr has the accuracy of a short-range missile combined with the rapid launch and salvo-capability of a rocket. They said Hizbullah could have thousands of Fajrs in southern Lebanon