[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - The Israel Defense Ministry has asked U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin to run tests and make adjustments to a high-powered, rapid-fire cannon it has developed to intercept incoming aerial targets. The Skyshield 35 Air Defense System is a cannon that fires a unique shell that ejects 152 sub-projectiles to prevent an incoming rocket from striking its target. The Skyshield system is seen as more suitable than Northrop Grumman's Skyguard air-defense system - also known as the Nautilus.
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