Israel uses for the first time a naval anti-missile defense system based on the 'Iron Dome'

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April 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –

This Tuesday, the Israeli Army used for the first time a naval anti-missile defense system based on the 'Iron Dome' system to shoot down a drone launched from the Red Sea that was heading towards the port city of Eilat.

“During the night, a Saar 6 type corvette carried out for the first time a successful interception using the 'Naval Dome' system against an unmanned aerial vehicle from the east that crossed the Gulf of Eilat area,” it said in a statement. published on the social network X.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have deployed ships to the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi rebels increase missile launches against commercial ships in retaliation for the situation in the Gaza Strip, it has been reported. the Israeli Army.

The pro-Iranian militia Islamic Resistance in Iraq has previously announced that it has attacked “a vital objective in the occupied territories” and another in Ashkelon, as well as an oil port in the aforementioned city, located in the north of the Gaza Strip, as it has picked up the Al Mayadeen chain.

In recent years, the Israeli Navy has acquired up to four Saar 6 type corvettes from the company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The last of the ships, approximately 90 meters long and 13 meters wide, arrived in Haifa in 2021, as reported by DPA.