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Monday, August 20, 2007

IDF might buy latest Patriot missile

The Israel Air Force is deliberating whether to buy an improved model of the US-made Patriot missile defense system.

Lockheed Martin offered the system, know as the PAC-3, to the IDF for the relatively low price of under $50 million, defense industry sources said.

Israel's missile defense systems consist of the Arrow, which is designed to intercept long-range ballistic missiles like the Iranian Shihab, and the PAC-2, also Known as Patriot, which is used as a second level of defense if the Arrow fails.

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