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Source: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-replaces-patriot-with-davids-sling-1001477726
Israel Replaces U.S. Patriots with David's Sling
(Globes) Dean Shmuel Elmas - Israel's Air Force is in the process of replacing its Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system with the David's Sling system, an Israeli product very close to the PAC-3 level, the most advanced interceptor of the Patriot series but significantly cheaper. While each PAC-3 interceptor costs $6 million, David's Sling interceptors cost $700,000. The Patriot was first used in the Gulf War in 1991. Its first interception in Israel was in 2014 against a drone from Gaza. Since then, Patriot batteries in Israel have intercepted 19 threats, nine of them in the current war.