The system is called David’s Sling (paid subscription required), and it makes no sense at all.
The system’s features:
- A “Stunner” interceptor missile, with two stages and a 3 pulse motor for the interceptor.
- David’s sling has it’s own radar.
- Stunner has two seekers, a radar and an infrared seeker for terminal homing (see funky nose profile below)
- Potential integration with Rafael’s Spyder air defense system.
- A maximum range from 180 to 300 km.
- A blast-fragmentation warhead.
- Detection to intercept of 38 seconds.
So, you’ve got a missile that weighs somewhere north of 500 pounds (bottom pic for scale), and will probably cost something well north of $¼ million a piece, and they will use it to intercept Kassams and Katyushas that cost something less than $100 and $1000 each respectively.
That’s sounds like a really good trade….not.