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Zitat:New Air-Defense System for VenezuelaQuelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.edefenseonline.com/default.asp?func=article&aref=03_28_2006_OM_01">http://www.edefenseonline.com/default.a ... 2006_OM_01</a><!-- m -->
by Michal Fiszer
Mar. 28, 2006
Thales Nederland BV (Hengelo, the Netherlands) and Rafael (Haifa, Israel) announced on March 16 that they had conducted a successful test of a newly built Defender air-defense system for the Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (FAV, the Venezuelan Air Force) on Feb. 28. A missile was fired at a drone target during the test at Shdema Test Range in the south of Israel. The target was 7 km away when missile was fired, and the hit was achieved 6 km from the Defender's missile launcher.