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October 7, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/international/middleeast/06MISS.html

Israel Deploys New Missile Shield to Counter Scuds

(New York Times) - Israel has deployed an operational missile defense and is ready to use it to protect Tel Aviv and other major population centers if they come under fire from Iraq's arsenal of Scud missiles. Known as the Arrow, the system is designed to avoid the pitfalls of the American Patriot system, which Israelis say had little success in stopping Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Persian Gulf war in 1991.

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