LONG. ABOUT tS CENTIMETERS (CH) IN DIAHETER IN THE REAR, AND TAPERING TO ABOUTM IN FRONT. PROPULSION IS STARTED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE FOLLOWEDHEMICAL CHARGE TO INCREASE VELOCITY. THE SYSTEM HASELOCITYETERS PER SECOND. THE TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT THE SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH FACILITY SOUTH OF TEL AVIV. THE FINAL GUN PROBABLY KILLALIBER OFILLIMETERS. THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM ISOLLARS MILLION.
HEL PROGRAH
ISRAEL KAS AN EXTENSIVE LASER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THERE ARESRAELI FIRMS, AS WELLUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES, ENGAGED IN ELECTRO-OPTICS AND LASER RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION. THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR CHEMICAL LASERS AT BEN GURION UNIVERSITYRANT UNDER THE SDI FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP NOVEL CHEMICAL LASERS. SOURCE REPORTING INDICATES THAT THE WEAPON SYSTEMS DIVISION OF RAFAEL, THE ISRAELI ARMS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IS WORKING ON AN AIRBORNE CHEMICAL LASER WEAPON SIMILAR TO THI US MIRCL SYSTEM. HOWEVER, RAFAEL SEEMS TO LACK DATA ON MISSILE VULNERABILITY TO LASER ATTACK. GIVEN THE DIFFICULTIES THE UNITED STATES HAS ENCOUNTERED IN TRYING TO DEVELOP LASERS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ISRAELI AIRBORNE HEL WILL BE HORE USEFUL AGAINST CRUISE MISSILES THAN AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILES, pj^^ ff
SPACE-BASED SENSORS
WITH THE LAUNCH OF THEIR FIRST SATELLITE, THE ISRAELIS DEMONSTRATED THE CAPABILITY TOATELLITE IN LOW EARTH ADM 11
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