(People's Daily-China) An Israeli armor defense system successfully hit and destroyed a tank shell in a live-fire trial held in the U.S. last week, Israel Defense magazine reported on Tuesday. Developed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), the Porcupine Dart active armor system intercepted several Matisse anti-tank missiles and a tank round fired at an unmanned armored personnel carrier, the first time in history that a tank round was intercepted and destroyed in mid-flight. The system is slated to join the Trophy system, a smaller kinetic armor defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Systems Ltd. and installed earlier this year on Israeli Merkava tanks patrolling the border with Gaza. In March, Trophy successfully intercepted rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).
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