Israel - Missile launch was joint drill with US.(TOI).
Russia raised a brief alarm in the Middle East Tuesday after apparently detecting a reported joint Israel and US missile launch test in the Mediterranean.
Israel’s Defense Ministry confirmed that it carried out a test involving a Sparrow target missile, which was meant as a test of radar systems.
The Sparrow is a cutting edge missile developed by Israeli defense contractor Rafael that, though fired from a plane, traces the flight path of a ground-to-ground Scud B, Scud D or cruise missile, depending on the make. It is used to train antimissile systems and troops, who practice shooting it down.
The missile is known as the Ankor in Hebrew. Rafael’s newest version of the Sparrow missile, joining the Blue and the Black, is the Silver Sparrow, which is being used to test the Arrow 3 antimissile system.
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