JERUSALEM: An Israeli-designed missile detection system that would give Ukrainians more time to take shelter from Russian missile attacks is being tested in Kyiv and may be activated within two months, Ukraine's ambassador to Israel said on Thursday (May 4). Israel, which has been honing its own air defenc
"It allows for identifying the different objects, including ballistic missiles, and calculates where they will go and basically that allows us to close certain parts of the country rather than the whole country," he told Reuters, referring to the air-shelter orders currently being issued when under attack.
The system would allow more precisely tailored messages that would sound the alarms in individual neighbourhoods under threat."It will allow us to close Kyiv sectorially," Korniychuk said. "What I know from our experts is that they have already started work and I do hope that, in accordance with our internal schedule, it will take another month or two to get it working in Kyiv," he said, adding that five other cities would follow.
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