ציטוט:

במקור נכתב על ידי קרן-אור האם מדובר על NCADE (מטוס שמפטרל בקרבת אזור השיגור ומיירט טיל מאיץ) או ממש על יירוט טיל בליסטי מתקרב?

זהו חלק של ההכתבה שדילגתי עליה:

An increasing threat in the Middle East are ballistic missiles—including Scuds—in the hands of trans-state militant groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas delivered via Iran’s Revolutionary Guard-associated Qods Force. Even long-range artillery rockets are being equipped with guidance systems that make them much more accurate, and thus a greater threat to populated areas.


Saudi Arabia, the U.S., South Korea and Japan, all operators of the F-15, are looking for a weapon to defend against aircraft-launched antiballistic missiles. Among the early candidates is Raytheon’s two-stage, Network-Centric Airborne Defense Element (Ncade) missile. It is a derivative of the AIM‑120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (Amraam) that is carried by most F-15s as a longer-range weapon against other aircraft and small targets like cruise missiles. Ncade prototypes launched by F-16s have shot down sounding rockets.


The combination of a large AESA radar and a powerful new air-to-air weapon would help match the Middle East’s growing short-range missile proliferation problem and help contain a nuclear weapons threat from Iran that worries planners in the region.


Right now there is a gap in missile defense because no airborne weapons can engage ballistic missiles during their boost phase from launch to low space. However, in this part of their flight, ballistic missiles are slowest and most vulnerable to attack. U.S. studies contend that air-launched, hit-to-kill missiles are operationally feasible and technically viable. The U.S. is considering making the project an urgent-procurement quantity buy.

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