happen in a real war. take a look at the map, the test missile was launched from quote, deep in the mediterranean that puts it about a thousand miles away from tel-aviv. also a thousand miles away from tel-aviv is teheran, there could certainly be missiles headed in from there. the missile system is at 14 interceptions. they launch a missile that is designed to blow the incoming missile out of the sky. when you have two objects moving at about a through miles per hour every bit of accuracy helps. that s what the new radar system, it helps them decide when they are going to launch the intercepter so it doesn t hit any residential center. martha: why is this particular announcement of this successful test so important? reporter: what you have here is a lot of talk in israel and around the world about israel attacking iran s nuclear
important. the test missile was fired from deep in the mediterranean, that would put it about a thousand miles to the west of israel. that i can a took where a thousand miles to the east of israel is, that s teheran and that s where the incoming ballistic missiles would come from. it s a star wars system that sends up one missile to hit another missile coming in. the radar that traction all that is incredibly crucial. so far the arrow system has intercrepted about 14 test missiles here. this new system has pinpoint accuracy as they figure out exactly when to launch the intercept tores. why is this so important? there s been a lot of talk about an israeli ey attack on the iranian nuclear facility. the only defense from iran would be to hit israel with missiles and hit the population centers and the new radar would really help to be able to track if there were a lot of missiles launched at one one time they
a lot of nations and their populations, no matter how they feel about their governments in particular do perceive the united states as not really having a moral leg to stand on. these demonstrations in iran began thursday night, spreading across the country, calls for frustrations with the fact that food and gasoline prices have been increasing but also taking on a marked tone of direct expression of dissatisfaction with the president and something that we don t see very often. also dissatisfaction, it s also worth pointing out that people are also growing increasingly frustrated with what they say is teheran s continued support and focus on foreign policy as opposed to domestic policy,