Israeli Army to Protect Soldiers from Rockets with 'Shock Absorber'

by David Bedein
The Bulletin
October 10, 2009

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1462/israeli-army-to-protect-soldiers-from-rockets

Jerusalem — The Israeli Army is about to become the first army in the world to protect its ground forces from anti-tank rockets of the sort that claimed many casualties during the Second Lebanon War and during Operation Cast Lead.

Most recently, Israel Military Industries developed the "Shock Absorber," the first system of its kind in the world, which locates the launching of anti-tank rockets at ground forces and disrupts their flight.

Shock Absorber is a mobile system mounted on the back of infantry troops that enables deployment on the ground within minutes. After the system is stationed on the ground, near troops who are concealed, for example, in a building, it locates any rocket fire at the building and disrupts its flight.

The system will be shown in several days at a large military exhibit in the U.S., and it is already known that military representatives of the U.S. and other countries will come to learn about it in order to purchase it in the future.

"This is a unique development, and we are seeing a great deal of interest from various armies," said Avi Felder, the director-general of Israel Military Industries.

According to Eyal Ben-Haim, a high-ranking official at Israel Military Industries, the system is capable of disrupting the flight of rockets such as the Kornet and the MILAN, which Hezbollah operatives used during the Second Lebanon War, during the summer of 2006.

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