Israel says successfully tested new missile defense system (2)

Defense Minister Ehud Barak congratulated those involved in the test, adding that David's Sling would form a significant layer in Israel's multi-layered missile defense program.

David's Sling is a missile defense system currently under development by Rafael in Israel and Raytheon in the U.S. and is designed to fill the gap between Iron Dome's short-range protection and the Arrow 2 long-range ballistic missile defense program. It is also capable of acting as a back-up to the Arrow 2, by intercepting incoming threats that manage to slip through the Arrow's defenses, according to Israeli media reports.

The reports quoted a source in Israel's defense industries as saying that David's Sling was originally scheduled for live trials in 2013, and that this was brought forward "given the general sense of urgency."

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