Israel’s new Iron Sting mortar. Photo: Israeli Ministry of Defense Spokesperson’s Office.
Israel’s Ministry of Defense, the IDF, and Israeli defense company Elbit Systems unveiled on Sunday a state-of-the-art laser-guided mortar named “Iron Sting,”
The mortar uses a laser combined with GPS to guide it to its targets, and fires a 120mm shell. It recently completed a series of a tests that proved its battlefield effectiveness.
Iron Sting was developed out of two separate systems built by Elbit, and is intended to enable accurate and lethal capability against “quality” targets in both open and densely populated urban areas.