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February 12, 2007
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Monday
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Muharram 23, 1428
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Israel testfires anti-missile system
JERUSALEM, Feb 11: Israel carried out a successful night-time test of its Hetz (Arrow) anti-missile missile system on Sunday in what public television described as a “message to Iran”.
A Hetz fired from the Palmahim base, south of the commercial capital Tel Aviv, intercepted a missile fired from a high-altitude aircraft, the television said.
Public radio said the missile firing was designed to imitate Iran's Shahab-3, which has a range sufficient to reach Israel.
A defence ministry spokesman said a statement would be released later.
It was the first test of the anti-missile missile since early December 2005, when the military announced the system was fully operational.—AFP
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