The 'Magan Rakie' system, which is based on advanced laser technology, disrupts the missile fired at the plane, and diverts it from its path, was chosen by the Israeli Ministry of Transport to protect the planes of the Israeli airlines.
Unfortunately, the State of Israel has become a testing ground for security technologies, such is the case with the Iron Dome system that was created to deal with the threat of surface-to-surface missiles aimed at civilian settlements in Israel and thus, although on a smaller and civilian scale, also to respond to the threat to passenger planes using shoulder-fired missiles, as was done An attempt, which fortunately did not succeed, to shoot down an airplane in Mombasa in November 2002, after the passengers who arrived on this plane were attacked by the terrorists upon their arrival at the Paradise Resort Hotel.
Today it was reported that the Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transportation and the company 'Elbit Systems', successfully completed a series of tests summarizing the "Magan Rakiye" system to protect passenger planes against shoulder-fired missiles.
The Ministry of Defense's Administration for Research, Development, and Technological Infrastructure (MAFAT), together with the Civil Aviation Authority (RATA) of the Ministry of Transportation, and the main contractor of the project - Elbit Systems, have successfully completed a series of summary experiments of a system Magen Rakiye" designed to protect passenger planes against shoulder-fired missiles.
The 'Magan Rakie' system, which is based on advanced laser technology, disrupts the missile fired at the plane, and diverts it from its path, was chosen by the Israeli Ministry of Transport to protect the planes of the Israeli airlines.
The experiments, which took place in an experimental facility in the south of the country, were among the most complex and sophisticated ever carried out in the State of Israel. The series of experiments simulated a variety of threats, against which a sky shield system would be required to deal with, and protect the passenger planes.
The 'Megan Rakii' system is considered the most advanced system of its kind in the world, and is designed to protect the aircraft automatically. The system incorporates advanced detection and jamming technologies, meets the strict standards of civil aviation and has high reliability.
The president of Elbit Systems, Bezalel (Butzi) Machlis said: "We are very proud to reach this status which brings to light the technological abilities, the creativity and the determination of our people who worked for years on the development of this amazing system. The success of the test proved the high capabilities of the system and positions Israel as a world leader in the field of protecting aircraft against the threat of shoulder-fired missiles. I thank the Ministry of Defense for the fruitful cooperation and the Ministry of Transportation - for the trust and the opportunity to take an active part in protecting the lives of Israeli citizens and the lives of tourists visiting it. I would like to thank the company's employees and all our partners from the industries who worked hard on the development and production of the system. Thanks to the successful cooperation in this national program - the dream of all of us has become a reality."
Elbit Systems has contracts with a number of customers around the world, in addition to the "Magan Rakie" deal in Israel, such as the Italian and Brazilian air forces.
The threat of shoulder-fired missiles is increasing year by year, if in the past it was only a real threat on the battlefield, then in recent years the threat has been expanding, both on aircraft operating on the modern battlefield and in asymmetric conflict zones all over the world and on civil aviation operating from civilian airports around the world. The shoulder missiles are a cheap, easy-to-operate and accessible solution for terrorist and guerrilla organizations all over the world, and its distribution is increasing. In fact, the shoulder-fired missiles are responsible for most of the downings of the planes that happened in the world in the last 30 years.
The DIRCM type defense technology provides protection for a variety of aerial platforms against shoulder-fired missiles while deflecting the missiles from their trajectory by launching a laser beam. The capability was originally developed for military use - and following the growing threat against passenger planes, Elbit developed a parallel solution system for civilian use.
Elbit Systems produces a family of DIRCM products, known as MUSIC®, which are designed to protect a variety of platforms for military and civil aviation, excel in quick response and are considered the best of their kind in the world:
• MUSIC – for the protection of helicopters and small-medium planes
• J-MUSIC – for the protection of medium and large jet aircraft
• C-MUSIC – for the protection of large jet planes, in pod configuration, which was specially adapted for passenger and cargo planes in the world of civil aviation.
Since the development of the technology, leading aviation industries, air forces and armies in the world express great interest in the system's performance and capabilities.
System Benefits:
• Provides an effective and indestructible response to the threat of shoulder-fired missiles launched against airplanes and helicopters
• Lightweight and compact
• Open architecture, which allows flexibility to adapt the system to the customer's needs in terms of installation, integration and operation of the system
• For the civilian market - the only system in the world that protects large jet aircraft, while fully complying with the strict requirements of the civil aviation authorities.
• A highly reliable system that requires minimal maintenance
• The operation of the system is done automatically without the intervention of the pilot
In 2002, the company presented the C-MUSIC™ system to the then Minister of Transportation, Ephraim Senna, and received his blessing. At the end of that year, there was a missile attack on an aerial plane in Mombasa, following which the system's development process was accelerated.
In 2009, Elbit announced the receipt of an order in the amount of approximately 90 million dollars from the Israeli Ministry of Transportation for systems that will protect the passenger planes of all Israeli airlines.
In 2010, Elbit Systems reported receiving a contract worth over 15 million dollars for the protection of the Italian Air Force: among the platforms: the Super Hercules C-130J aircraft, the C-27J Spartan and the AW101 helicopter.
In 2011, Elbit Systems' subsidiary in Brazil, AEL, received an order from Embraer for DIRCM systems for the new KC-390 transport aircraft.
In 2012, the company unveiled for the first time a new defense system, which was specially designed for medium to large air platforms, such as private planes, transport planes, refueling, and special mission planes and helicopters.
In 2013, the C-MUSIC™ anti-missile defense system for civil aircraft completed a series of successful test flights, carried out on a Boeing 707
In the middle of 2013 - a test flight of the C-MUSIC™ system installed on an El Al Boeing 737 was successfully completed.
The system is currently installed on helicopters used to transport ammunition.
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The laser beam does not confuse the shoulder missile but attracts it to home on it, that is - to the belly of the plane, thus increasing the risk of the plane immeasurably. This is the reason why the IDF is not equipping itself with the system developed in the previous millennium in Raphael for the benefit of the Israel Defense Forces. After I explained this to the MFA, the Civil Aviation Administration and the actual owners such as the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of France, whoever installs the system today uses it without the laser - as a warning system only.
The only one who did not want to listen to me was Israel Katz as the Minister of Transportation who wanted to oblige all the Israeli airlines but they all listened to me and the end result is as stated above.
The main person responsible for the marketing of this bluff of Elbit is Moshe Fatal - today Rosh Homa - then as the marketing director of Magen-Rakia in Elishra/Elbit. For that matter, he built and published a deep-fake video on the Internet about how the beam causes the shoulder-fired missile to turn behind him and explode at a safe distance from the plane. The film was removed from the network following reactions from the HM, but Fatal was rewarded with an appointment as head of the wall administration.
In the wall management, Fatal continued to produce two deep-fake films on the Iron Dome. Anyone interested in their post-mortem is welcome to enter my profile on Facebook.
Is it a solid state laser or a gas laser?
Awesome, respect to the developers!
You can always watch in the mirror the rocket