The systems will be flown back to Israel within the next few days, a congressional aide told Reuters.
The Pentagon plans to send back to Israel the two Iron Dome missile defense systems the US has bought to help the country defend itself against rocket launches, two US officials said.
Defense Department officials told members of Congress on Wednesday that Washington plans to “lease” the systems to Israel while retaining ownership.
The systems will be flown back to Israel within the next few days, an aide to the congressman told Reuters.
The Pentagon has been considering the possibility and testing these systems as a way to defend Guam from Chinese missiles.
Iron Dome is a system developed by the US-backed state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in response to rockets fired from Lebanon hitting Israeli cities in the war with Hezbollah (2006) and then by Hamas in Gaza Strip. It was launched in 2011.
In August 2022, Israel claimed that this system intercepted 97% of Palestinian rockets fired over a weekend from Gaza.
Source :Skai
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