IsraelMissileDesignCharacteristics

Lastupdate:May2012

Thefollowingtablesprovideinformationbasedonthebestavailableopensourceestimates
ofIsraelsmissileprogram,compiledbytheJamesMartinCenterforNonproliferationStudies
fortheNuclearThreatInitiative.Seealso,theaccompanyingIsraelMissileOverview:
http://www.nti.org/countryprofiles/israel/deliverysystems/.

Table1DesignCharacteristicsofIsraelsBallisticMissiles

Jericho1
[1]
Jericho2
[2]
Jericho3
[3]
LORA[4]
EXTRA[5]
Lance[6]

Other
name
YA1

Length
(m)
13.40

Diameter Payload
(m)
(kg)
0.8
450

Range
(km)
500

Accuracy
CEP(m)
1,000

YA3

14.0

1.56

1,000

YA4

15.5

1.56

750

MGM52

5.2
4.0
6.41

0.62
n/k
0.56

440600
120
100

1,500
3,500
4,800
6,500
200
150
130

Propellant Status
Solid

Obsolete

n/k

Solid

Deployed

n/k

Solid

Development

10
10
150

Solid
Solid
Liquid

Deployed
Development
Decommissioned

Table2DesignCharacteristicsofIsraelsCruiseMissiles

Popeye1[7]

Popeye2[8]
Popeye Turbo
[9]
Gabriel Mk 2
[10]
Gabriel Mk 3
[11]
Gabriel Mk 4
LR[12]
Delilah[13]
Harpoon[14]

Other
name
Have
Nap,
AGM
142
HaveLite

Length
(m)
4.82

Diameter
(m)
0.53

Payload
(kg)
350

Range(km)
80
(A/B/C/D)
or90(E/F)

Accuracy Propulsion Status

CEP(m)
3
Solid
Deployed
(A/B/C/D)
or1(E/F)

4.25

0.53

350

75

n/k

Solid

895

200350

n/k

Turbojet

Not
Deployed
Unknown

3.42

0.34

180

35

n/k

Solid

Deployed

3.85

0.34

150

35

n/k

Solid

Deployed

4.7

.44

240

200

n/k

Solid

Deployed?

STAR1

2.71
4.64

0.33
0.34

30
222

300
130

n/k
n/k

Turbojet
Solid

Deployed
Deployed

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Table3DesignCharacteristicsofIsraelsDefensiveMissiles

Tamir (Iron Dome)

[15]

Length
(m)
3.0

Diameter
(m)
0.16

Stunner/Davids Sling n/k

(MagicWand)[17]
Arrow2[19]
6.95

0.8

Arrow3[20]

0.55

5.6

n/k

Warhead

Guidance

HE
Fragmentation
[16]
KV[18]
HE
Fragmentation
KV [21]

Propulsion Status

Inertial

Range
(km)
18

Solid

Deployed

n/k

n/k

Solid

Development

Inertial

100

Solid

Deployed

Inertial

250

Solid

Development

Sources:
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StrategicWeaponSystems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.84
86.
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86.
[4]DuncanLennox,ed.,LORA(Israel),OffensiveWeapons,JanesStrategicWeaponSystems,
Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.86.
[5]DuncanLennox,ed.,EXTRA(Israel),OffensiveWeapons,JanesStrategicWeaponSystems,
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(HaveNap/HaveLite/Raptor/CrystalMaze)(Israel),OffensiveWeapons,JanesStrategic
WeaponSystems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.8082.
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CRSReportforCongressRL30427(Washington,DC:TheLibraryofCongress,26July2005),p.
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[10]DuncanLennox,ed.,Gabriel(Israel),OffensiveWeapons,JanesStrategicWeapon
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StrategicWeaponSystems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.82
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Report,18March2008,accessed12May2011.
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2010,www.defenceupdate.net,accessed13May2011.
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JanesStrategicWeaponSystems,14January2011,www.janes.com,accessed12May2011;
andDuncanLennox,ed.,Spyder/DerbyandPython5(Israel),DefensiveWeapons,Janes
StrategicWeaponSystems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.253
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DefenseUpdate,28September2010,www.defenceupdate.net,accessed13May2011.
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Systems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.253256.
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Systems,Issue50,(Surrey:JanesInformationGroup,January2009),pp.253256.
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DefenseUpdate,28September2010,www.defenceupdate.net,accessed13May2011.

RelatedcontentisavailableonthewebsitefortheNuclearThreatInitiative,www.nti.org.
ThismaterialisproducedindependentlyforNTIbytheJamesMartinCenterforNonproliferationStudiesatthe
MontereyInstituteofInternationalStudiesanddoesnotnecessarilyreflecttheopinionsofandhasnotbeen
independentlyverifiedbyNTIoritsdirectors,officers,employees,oragents.Copyright2011byMIIS.