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This Groundbreaking Ballistic Missile Intercept Was Also the First Combat in Space
It finally happened: for the first time, this Halloween, warfare on Earth made its way into space.
On October 31, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, armed and allegedly directed by Iran, launched two cruise missiles and one ballistic missile at Israel. The cruise missiles were intercepted by Israeli fighter jets, a fairly important event by itself. The ballistic missile, on the other hand, took an entirely different flight path and required a different solution.
The medium-range ballistic missile, fired from Yemen, was intercepted more than a 100 miles above the Earth by an Israeli Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile. The Houthi missile warhead was technically in space when it was destroyed, making it the first hostile action to take place off-planet.
#News #Politics #Israel #Yemen #Space #War #Combat
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a45862545/first-combat-in-space/
It finally happened: for the first time, this Halloween, warfare on Earth made its way into space.
On October 31, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, armed and allegedly directed by Iran, launched two cruise missiles and one ballistic missile at Israel. The cruise missiles were intercepted by Israeli fighter jets, a fairly important event by itself. The ballistic missile, on the other hand, took an entirely different flight path and required a different solution.
The medium-range ballistic missile, fired from Yemen, was intercepted more than a 100 miles above the Earth by an Israeli Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile. The Houthi missile warhead was technically in space when it was destroyed, making it the first hostile action to take place off-planet.
#News #Politics #Israel #Yemen #Space #War #Combat
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a45862545/first-combat-in-space/