New Radar System Expected To Make Artillery More Accurate
December 10 2008
The Israeli Artillery Corps is being equipped with a new 360-degree radar system that can accurately pinpoint the location of rocket launches, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Under production by Israel's Elta Systems, the radar will be able to transmit the exact location of mortar and rocket launches to artillery, which can then target and destroy the enemy, said a military spokesman.
Brig. Gen. Michel Ben-Baruch, the corps' chief artillery officer, said: "There is no radar like...
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