Of interest is the Arrow, a hypersonic missile interceptor. Germany , they are buying that one from Israel.
Trophy is a Tank defense system. I bet Russia wishes it had that.
“We encountered dozens of anti-tank missiles that flew toward our forces and we were able to prevent harm from all of them due to the effective systems we have,” explained Brig.-Gen. Itzik Cohen, commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division that is operating in the northern Gaza Strip.
The idea to invent an active-protection system for tanks was born in the 1970s, after the Yom Kippur War, during which IDF tanks suffered heavy losses at the hands of Egyptian anti-tank squads.
It would take years until Trophy became operational – but when it did, it was a revolution. It gave the IDF the ability to take tanks– an artifact of 20th century wars – and transform them to be relevant in asymmetric and close urban battles like those in Gaza.
Trophy operates in three stages. First, its radar detects the launching of a RPG or anti-tank missile. Its second stage, in soft-kill mode, activates electronic warfare systems aimed at causing the missile to go off course. If that fails, the system initiates the third stage and shoots off a cloud of countermeasures – metal pellets – to intercept the incoming projectile.
Trophy’s radar then interfaces with the IDF’s battle management system called Tzayad (Hunter), automatically providing the tank crew with the coordinates of the anti-tank squad that just fired the missile so it can immediately be attacked.
Trophy is a Tank defense system. I bet Russia wishes it had that.
Trophy
Developed By Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Israel, the Trophy is an active-protection system that can intercept incoming anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades, used frequently by Hamas terror squads operating from inside the group’s tunnel network. It is installed on all Israeli Merkava Mk-4 tanks operating in Gaza; numerous videos from the past few weeks have documented its use.“We encountered dozens of anti-tank missiles that flew toward our forces and we were able to prevent harm from all of them due to the effective systems we have,” explained Brig.-Gen. Itzik Cohen, commander of the IDF’s 162nd Division that is operating in the northern Gaza Strip.
The idea to invent an active-protection system for tanks was born in the 1970s, after the Yom Kippur War, during which IDF tanks suffered heavy losses at the hands of Egyptian anti-tank squads.
It would take years until Trophy became operational – but when it did, it was a revolution. It gave the IDF the ability to take tanks– an artifact of 20th century wars – and transform them to be relevant in asymmetric and close urban battles like those in Gaza.
Trophy operates in three stages. First, its radar detects the launching of a RPG or anti-tank missile. Its second stage, in soft-kill mode, activates electronic warfare systems aimed at causing the missile to go off course. If that fails, the system initiates the third stage and shoots off a cloud of countermeasures – metal pellets – to intercept the incoming projectile.
Trophy’s radar then interfaces with the IDF’s battle management system called Tzayad (Hunter), automatically providing the tank crew with the coordinates of the anti-tank squad that just fired the missile so it can immediately be attacked.