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對抗好戰分子攻擊 以色列測試反火箭系統
更新日期:2009/07/16 15:20 簡長盛
(法新社耶路撒冷15日電) 以色列國防部今天說,以色列已成功測試一種能夠攔截和摧毀來自諸如加薩走廊或黎巴嫩南部好戰分子發射火箭的系統。
以色列軍方在一項聲明中說,這套由公共軍備公司拉費爾(Rafael)發展的「鐵穹」(Iron Dome)系統在最近幾天已測試成功,摧毀了未指明數目的來襲火箭。
這套防衛系統在未來數個月將進行更多測試,之後將部署在以色列南部,以反擊以哈瑪斯集團(Hamas)統治下的加薩走廊為基地的巴勒斯坦好戰分子火箭攻擊。
民營電視公司「第10頻道」(Channel 10)的軍事評論員同時說,以色列國防部希望在2010年初之前在南部靠近邊界的史德洛特鎮(Sderot)部署這種系統。
「鐵穹」系統將可攔截射程在4公里到70公里的火箭。
以色列國防部長巴瑞克(Ehud Barak)說:「這套系統是對抗火箭的新防衛武器,有了這套系統,以色列部隊將可改善執行其最高責任的任務,這個責任就是竭盡全力保護我們的平民。」
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Israel tests anti-rocket system
Wed Jul 15, 3:33 pm ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel has successfully tested a system that intercepts and destroys rockets such as those fired by militants from the Gaza Strip or from south Lebanon, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
The "Iron Dome" system developed by public armaments firm Rafael was tested successfully in recent days and destroyed an unspecified number of incoming rockets, the ministry said in a statement.
More tests are expected in the next few months before the defence system is deployed in southern Israel to counteract rockets fired by Palestinian militants based in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The military commentator of private television Channel 10 said meanwhile the defence ministry wants to deploy the system near the southern Israeli border town of Sderot by the beginning of 2010.
Iron Dome is expected to be able to intercept rockets with a range from four kilometres to 70 kilometres (2.5 to 44 miles).
"This system is a new defence element against rockets and will allow the Israeli army to better carry out its supreme duty which is to protect, in the best way, our civilian population," Defence Minister Ehud Barak said.
The Israeli military says militants have fired more than 200 rockets and mortar rounds at Israel since the January 18 end of the Jewish state's 22-day military offensive against Gaza.
Israeli areas near the Palestinian enclave have been the target of homemade Qassam rockets fired by Palestinian militants since the start of the intifada in September 2000.
The militant Shiite group Hezbollah fired more than 4,000 Katyusha rockets at Israel during the 2006 summer war between the two sides, forcing one million residents to flee homes in north Israel or hide in shelters.