Israel asks US for $700 million in military aid
Israel asks US for $700 million in military aid
Jerusalem requests Washington to allocate funds for more Iron Dome, Magic Wand anti-missile batteries. Deal will provide Israel with near-complete missile defense until 2015
Ron Ben-Yishai
Magic Wand intercepts missiles fired from a range of at least 70km, including cruise missiles and missiles with ballistic warheads such as the Squd, Shihab and Sejil.
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According to estimates, Israel will have six Iron Dome batteries instead of the four it currently has by the second half of 2013.
