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Israel And MDA Conduct David’s Sling Intercept Tests

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

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Israel And MDA Conduct David’s Sling Intercept Tests

David's Sling. (Photo: MDA)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) successfully conducted a series of intercept tests of the David’s Sling missile defense system on March 18. This set of tests, called David’s Sling Test-6 (DST-6), was the sixth in a series with the weapon. David’s Sling is a cooperative effort between the U.S. and Israel to develop defenses against short range ballistic missiles and large caliber rockets. MDA said this test series looked at capabilities and performance of…

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