By Natali Moss
"In recent days, Israeli Air Force has been identified and a winged rocket launched from the southeast to the Israeli airspace. After tracking the winged rocket trajectory, Adir's fighter jets have been raised, which successfully intercepted the missile," Tsakhal said. At the same time, the Israeli side did not specify the weapons of the hostile rocket, but it is known that the F-35i Adir is equipped with AIM-9x Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMraam missiles.
Although this is the first known case where the F-35 has destroyed the winged rocket, this opportunity has been discussed for a long time, experts said. Back in 2019, information from Lockheed Martin was received, which stated that, given the threats of a missile strike on Israel from Iran, the F-35 ADIR fighter is able to detect and intercepite the winged enemy missiles.
Gary Noret Vice-Cresident added that the aircraft is equipped with an/APG-81 ASA, which "enables a promising fighter to detect and intercept air threats flying at low altitude and at high speed, such as winged rockets. " We will remind, on October 31, the official representative of the Armed Forces Yemen Brigade General Yahaya As-Sari actually announced the support of the Palestinians in the Gaza sector and the beginning of hostilities against Israel.
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