In the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel's Iron Dome air defense system became famous in one fell swoop, successfully intercepting rockets made by Hamas Tufa. However, in the event of a confrontation with other countries in the Middle East, the Iron Dome is useless, because they already have China's long-range fire.
Let's take a look at our new weapon system, the AR3 multi-launch rocket launcher from the Northern Company, which has become a popular purchase among countries in the Middle East. In March this year, at the defense exhibition held in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE signed a 2$4.5 billion contract.
As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict intensifies, the likelihood of a large-scale war in the Middle East is increasing, and China's A23 rocket artillery and Israel's Iron Dome air defense systems are likely to become head-to-head opponents.
Corresponding to the A23 rocket launcher, the PCH 191 long-range rocket launcher used by our PLA, is similar in design and is a box-type long-range rocket launcher. There are topics about rockets and air defense systems that are always of interest. In the case of rockets, although there are some differences in the details, our attention is mainly focused on the long-range rockets known as the 191.
The rocket uses 300 mm ammunition and can fire four rockets per launch box instead of the usual five. Today, DHL 191 is equipped to the level of artillery brigades of the army group. Not only can it use long-range rockets of 300 mm and 370 mm calibers, but the range is considerable, with 300 mm rockets reaching 150 km, while 370 mm ones are expected to be able to reach around 300 km.
For the long-range rocket known as 191, it also has an eye-catching feature, that is, it can launch two large-caliber long-range rockets with a caliber of 750 mm. The range of this rocket can reach about 500 km, and despite the fact that many call it a tactical missile, in fact it is still a long-range rocket. Of course, compared with tactical missiles, this rocket is already very close to tactical missiles, but there are also export models, and the corresponding model is the Fire Dragon 480.
Now, let's look at Israel's Iron Dome. In fact, it is an air defense system for intercepting low-altitude and low-speed targets. It uses anti-ballistic or anti-orbit interception technology, which is a way of trailing interception. This air defense system is designed to intercept those threats at low altitudes and low speeds. In the final analysis, this Iron Dome is a low-end dedicated air defense system, which cannot be compared with a regular air defense missile system at all.
Just like the kind of 300-millimeter long-range fire that the PLA is equipped with with a range of more than 70 kilometers and a speed of more than Mach 2, the Iron Dome is simply impossible to intercept. To defend against a dense rocket artillery attack, the Iron Dome's computing power and the distribution of fire channels were inadequate. Once it was attacked in successive waves, the Iron Dome could not hold out, and its defenses were petrified.