And another attack. They repelled irans attack, which was impressive. He says, it was a success which shouldnt be given away easily, hence our advice for the Israeli Government to be part of the de escalation. Lets take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. Iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. So how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 Cruise Missiles and 120 Ballistic Missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. Most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time ir
And overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air , destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. So how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 Cruise Missiles and 120 Ballistic Missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time irans directly attacked israel from its own territory. But the us says some were also launched from iraq, syria and yemen. Iran has demonstrated that it has an appetite for risk, but it doesnt have an appetite for too much risk. It wanted to impose a cost on the other side without necessarily triggering a broader escalation and an all out
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Rocket engine test likely caused blast in Israel: Analyst
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Last Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 01:11 PM IST
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Video of the incident at Sdot Micha Air Base circulated online last week. Iranian state media seized on it amid its tensions with Israel after a series of attacks targeting its nuclear programme and amid negotiations in Vienna over its tattered atomic accord.
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A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows what analysts describe as a test site for rocket motors at Israel s secretive Sdot Micha Air Base on Saturday, April 24, 2021
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A mysterious blast heard in central Israel appears to have come during a rocket engine test conducted at a secretive military base associated with the country s missile programme, according to an analyst and satellite images.