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May 28, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=25767

IDF Deploys Mortar Shell Alert System along Gaza Border

(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - The IDF announced Tuesday the deployment of a tactical radar system designed to warn residents of southern Israel of incoming mortar attacks from Gaza. Last summer's Gaza war saw 2,580 mortar shells fired at Israeli border communities. The Iron Dome defense system is not effective against short-range mortar shells. The military hopes the new system will afford local residents 15 seconds to get to safety. In the future, the military will consider whether to deploy the same system in communities along Israel's northern border. The IDF is also developing a transportable mortar alert system to warn soldiers gathering in staging areas near the border.

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