An American radar system capable of detecting Iranian missiles from thousands of kilometres away and providing the IDF with critical minutes to prepare for an attack arrived in Israel last week.
The radar system was brought to Israel on 12 transport planes, together with a crew of 120 soldiers who will assemble and activate it in the Negev.
The high-powered radar is called the FBX-T and will be hooked up to the US military's Joint Tactical Ground Station which tracks ballistic missiles around the world. The data will be processed and transferred to an IDF command centre where the Arrow missile system is operated.
The FBX-T can detect a ballistic missile shortly after launch and estimates the time and exact location of its impact. Those capabilities will cut the Arrow's response time.