Answering a question from a CNN host about the possibility of Israel providing Kyiv with the Iron Dome air defense system, Benjamin Netanyahu said he was considering this issue.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out the possibility of his country supplying Ukraine with the Iron Dome air defense system. In an interview with CNN on the evening of Tuesday, January 31st (local time), he said: “Of course, I am considering this issue.”
At the same time, he confirmed that the United States transferred to Ukraine part of its artillery stationed in Israel, and said that his state’s operations against Iran were aimed, among other things, at the destruction of factories which produces weapons used in the war in Ukraine. “The US just took most of the Israeli munitions and passed them to Ukraine. Israel is also, in fact, acting in ways that I will not list here against the Iranian weapons manufactures that are being used against Ukraine,” said by Netanyahu.
According to some Western countries, as well as Kyiv, Iran is providing combat drones to Russia, which it will use to attack Ukraine. However, Moscow and Tehran reject such cooperation.
Possible Israeli mediation in Ukraine peace talks
Commenting on the possibility of Israeli mediation in the peace talks in Ukraine, Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that he had been approached by a similar issue last year, and that he would consider such a possibility if requested by both sides of the conflict and by Washington. . “If all the affected parties ask me about it, of course, I will think about such a possibility. But I do not force myself (as a mediator in the peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. – Ed.). I (in politics) . – Ed.) It took a long time to find out what is required for the time to ripen, the circumstances to ripen,” he added.
“After the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israel maintained a diplomatic balance in relations with Moscow,” CNN journalists remind the channel’s website. “Although he officially condemned the invasion and regularly sends (humanitarian. – Ed.) Aid to Ukraine, Israel has not yet supplied arms to Ukraine, and he is also criticized for not being sharp in his criticism of Russia. “
How Israel’s Air Defense System Works at Iron Dome
Israel adopted the Iron Dome air defense system about 12 years ago.
Air defense system Iron Dome consists of a radar and a control center. They recognize incoming missiles and can calculate their trajectory and intended target within seconds.
The third element of the Iron Dome air defense system is installations for destroying enemy missiles. In each block of the system – from three to four such installations, capable of releasing up to 20 missiles. A missile designed to shoot down an enemy is launched only when the system calculates that the latter is aimed at a residential area. The interceptor missile does not directly hit the attacking missile, but explodes near it and thus destroys it. At the same time, the fragments of the same missile falling from the sky represent a danger.
Source: DW
Recall that earlier the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that the Iron Dome system will not be effective in Ukraine, and instead it is necessary to develop its own air defense / missile defense system.
Shield of Israel. How Air Defense Iron Dome Works
Source: korrespondent
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