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Israel sells vehicle defense system to U.S. army in 500 mln USD deal

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2018-10-10 15:07:18Xinhua Editor : Gu Liping ECNS App Download

Israeli military system Trophy will be sold to the U.S. army in a 500 million U.S. dollar deal, local business website Calcalist reported on Tuesday.

The Trophy system, which protects armored vehicles from missiles and mortar shells, was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, a technology company headquartered in northern Israel.

The U.S. Army has already ordered Rafael's system units in June last year for 193 million U.S. dollars to protect its Abrams tanks and is now expected to increase the order while extending the number of tanks to be protected.

In addition, Rafael is competing with other companies to provide the U.S. army with a light version of Trophy, for the armored personnel carriers Bradley and Stryker.

In September 2018, Rafael demonstrated the operation of the system on Bradley vehicles in the face of 130 representatives of 10 foreign armies in its experiment complex in southern Israel.

In the demonstration, a light version of Trophy intercepted more than 300 anti-tank missiles and RPGs (Rocket-propelled grenades) of various types. Rafael said the intercept rate for the carriers was 95 percent.

Rafael is the only one whose such system is in operational service in the Israeli army, which has already ordered 1,000 units for Merkava tanks and armored personnel carriers.

  

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