Israel ‘successfully’ tested long-range seaborne missile system in August

Sep. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Navy, along with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Aerospace Industry, “successfully” tested an advanced long-range seaborne missile system in August, the IDF Spokesperson reported Wednesday.

Specifically, the Ahi Oz missile boat, the second in the series of Israel defense boats, participated in the military test of the Gabriel 5 system, which can reach a range of hundreds of kilometers, in changing sea and air conditions. .

“The implementation of the Gabriel 5 missile system is a technological advance in the field of defense in maritime space and is the product of intense, professional and precise work by the combatants and engineers of the naval arm, in alliance with the Israeli Army. , the Armed Forces and the Aerospace Industry,” the IDF said in a statement.

For his part, Brigadier General Guy Goldfarb explained that this system “will strengthen Israel’s operational and defensive capabilities” in the face of “a variety of growing operational challenges and regional changes.”