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Israel activated a new aerial defense system – which “Barak Magen,” means “Lightning Shield” – for the first time on Sunday night, saying that it stops and destroys many Iranian drones.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, “Barak Magen” and its long -range air defense (LRAD) interceptor, the Israeli Navy intercepted eight Iranian drones.
John Hannah, senior partner of Jewish Institute for National Security of America (Jinsa) and two-scale Iranian missile attacks in 2024, a report published earlier this month told the Fox News Digital, a co-writer of a report published earlier this month that the Air Defense System “The air defense system of Israel enhances the air and missile defense architecture of Israel on Monday.
Hannah said, “Barak Magen is another arrow in Israeli’s highly sophisticated and rapidly diverse multi-level missile defense architecture-which was already from the jump and border, the most advanced and experienced air defense system by any country in the world, Hannah said.
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“Barak Magen” interceptors were launched by an Israeli Navy SA’ar 6 missile ship. (Israel defense force)
According to the system IDF, the “a wide range of dangers” can prevent, which includes unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, high-purposeful threats, and edge-to-C-C missiles.
Hannah said that this system not only provides force protection for the Israeli fleet, but also provides long distance to the extended oil and gas infrastructure of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as well as important infrastructure and population centers located along the coast of Israel.
He said, “This allows Israel to operate contradictions in both the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and thus adds severe strategic depth when defending the small geographical area of Israel,” he said, “he said.
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The IDF stated that Israeli Navy missile ship Flotila stopped around 25 UAVs, which was a threat to Israel since the conflict with Iran.
Israel says that this is an aerial superiority on Tehran, the Iranian intelligence leader killed
Israel and Iran traded the missile strike for the fourth day on Monday, in which Iran fired a new wave of attacks, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens.
An Israeli attack on Shahran Oil Depot in Tehran, Iran on 15 June 2025. (Stringer/Getty Images)
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Meanwhile, the Israeli army claimed that it had gained air superiority over Tehran, warning around 330,000 people in a central part of the Iranian capital to overtake new attacks.