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Created: 1/10/1989

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OFNDHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES.

TO OBTAIN INITIAL TARGET POSITION AND VELOCITY DATA. THE ARROW WILL RELYHASED-ARRAY RADAR ]

AFTER TARGET TRACK BY THE RADAR. THE ARROW WILL BE LAUNCHED. IT WILL USE GROUND-BASED RADAR-DERIVED DATAE INITIAL PORTION OF FLIGHT. AN ONBOARD INF.RTIAL MEASIBEHEHT 1MT.THEN

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ARROWS MODIFIED TO SIMULATE TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILES WILL

ROFILE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE THEY WILL BE LAUNCHEDARGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN TOWARD THE ISRAELI COAST THE OTHER THREE ARROW MISSILES ARE TO INTERCEPT UffiH FROM THE YAVNE MISSILE TEST CENTER SOUTH OF TEL AVIV-

RELIABLE REPORTING INDICATES THAT THE ISRAELIS CONSIDERPROGRAM TO BE ON SCHEDULE. THE FIRSTTLS fACHIEVED^ PARTIALlCOMPLETELY

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ISRAEL IS THE

DEVELOPMENT OR PURCHASE OF THE ARROW SYSTEH'S ENGAGEMENT AND EARLY WARNING RADARSDDITIONLLARS ALREADY AGREED

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IN ADDITION TO THE ARROWOMMAND, CONTROL. AND COMMUNICATIONS TEST BED WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO CONDUCT COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF PROPOSED ATBH DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURES. THE TEST BEDJQLL BE BUILT BY THE ISRAELI FIRMSP THE CONSTRUCTION WILLOLTMONTHS. ^LflLflHHHIHLaV S CURRENTLY BEING COVERED BY ISRAEL; IIOWEVER^EFENSE MINISTER RABIN HAS ASKED THAT THE COST BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. WITH THE UNITED STATES FUNDINGERCENT, AS WITH THE ARROW PROGRAM. ^ ^

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THE ISRAELIS HAVE ALREADYROTOTYPEDNII

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