The IDF has introduced that, final evening, for the primary time, missile ships of the Israel Navy shot down UAVs launched at Israel by Iran utilizing the Barak Magen air protection system and the LRAD interceptor. Eight plane had been shot down.
The interceptions had been carried out by Sa’ar 6 class ships initially designed to guard Israel’s offshore fuel manufacturing platforms. The ships are outfitted with superior radar and numerous refined safety programs. In December 2023, the method of commissioning the fourth and final of the Sa’ar 6 class ships was accomplished.
At the moment, Israel let it’s recognized to the pro-Iranian militias, Iran, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, that the Shayetet 3 squadron consisting of those vessels was deployed within the Crimson Sea to guard in opposition to enemy motion from the east and south. The 4 Sa’ar 6 class ships, constructed for Israel by German agency ThyssenKrupp, value some €450 million altogether. Their offensive capabilities had been seen final week when, in distinction to the previous, a strike in opposition to the Houthis was carried out not by the Israel Air Pressure however by the Israel Navy.
Barak Magen is the identify given to the Barak MX air protection system produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and put in on the Sa’ar 6 ships. The Barak MX system has been offered to a number of clients, amongst them Azerbaijan, in contracts value some $1.2 billion. The system helps numerous radars and launchers for canopy in opposition to fight plane, helicopters, UAVs, cruise missiles, and floor=to-air and ground-to-ground missiles.
The system relies on a sensible, operationally-proven management heart that integrates different missiles and interceptors: the Barak MRAD short-range interceptor is launched vertically at excessive pace, and is customized to cope with threats at a spread of as much as 35 kilometers. It has a radar-based homing system and a single pulse motor. The long-range Barak LRAD interceptor, which has a dual-pulse motor, is designed to counter threats at a spread of as much as 70 kilometers. The Barak ER interceptor has a dual-pulse motor plus a rocket booster, and is efficient at a spread of as much as 150 kilometers. The motors for these interceptors are produced by state-owned firm Tomer.
The model in use by Israel’s air protection array is the Barak LRAD, which efficiently underwent trials final August.
Because the starting of the operation in opposition to Iran, the Israel Navy’s missile ship fleet has shot down 25 UAVs, however many of the interceptions had been via the C-Dome system, the maritime model of the now veteran Iron Dome short-range air protection system produced by Rafael.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on June 16, 2025.
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