U.S. Army, Israeli air defenders to conduct live-fire mission as part of BMD exercise

By Jason Sherman / March 16, 2018 at 3:55 PM
U.S. Army and Israeli air defense forces plan to conduct live-fire missile defense missions early next week in Israel, the culminating event of a major bilateral exercise that is working through the challenges of creating a single air picture with the aim of integrating the two nations' respective ballistic missile defense systems. On March 18, missile defense forces from both nations participating in Juniper Cobra 2018 plan a dry run of live-fire actions slated for either March 19 or March...

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