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| In first, classified Israeli missile hits 400km target range |
| 2020-06-03 |
| [YNet] - Israel said on Tuesday it has successfully tested a new weapons system that contains a missile capable of hitting 400 km (249 miles) target range, an unprecedented feat for the country's aerospace industries. LORA weapon system, a theater quasi-ballistic missile, was developed by Israel's Aerospace Industries and has been tested last month on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea in order to see its effectiveness in naval warfare. LORA is a container-based surface-to-surface missile. A standard shipping container houses four missiles, which are controlled by an operator working from a command and fire control section located in another container. This operator can control four container launchers at once, for a total of 16 of the missiles. The LORA can be stored in a container for up to 7 years without maintenance. But will it work against the mighty Turkish & Iranian Navies? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 Chinese DF-21 is an anti-ship ballistic missile, but it's a whole nother thing. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-03 12:00 |
| #5 My understanding is it's basically an IRBM. Don't see how it has much of an anti-ship role. Several could make a naval base pretty useless though. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-03 11:59 |
| #4 We also need to study whatever the Turks were using in Libya and look at copying and/or improving it. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-06-03 11:38 |
| #3 This could be better than LRASM. Or complimentary if used together. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-06-03 11:37 |
| #2 But will it work against the mighty Turkish & Iranian Navies? Not really the role it was designed for. At the right time we will sell them LRASMs for that. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-03 09:39 |
| #1 Shipping containers, is there no end to their utility ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-03 08:29 |