The German Navy said on Wednesday that it had successfully tested an Israeli ballistic missile system the previous night and would now begin to advance plans to procure the projectiles.
The Long-Range Artillery Weapon System, known by the acronym LORA, has a range of 400 kilometers and is accurate to within 10 meters, according to its manufacturer, Israel Aerospace Industries. It is classified as a short-range ballistic missile.
Citing a German Navy spokesman, news agency DPA reported that two German frigates were deployed to waters between Ireland and Iceland for the “secret” test of the Israeli-made LORA on Tuesday night.
“With the successful launch of a ballistic missile last night in the North Atlantic, we made naval history. I am extremely satisfied with this achievement,” said Vice Adm. Jan Christian Kaack, chief of the German Navy, in a post on Instagram.
Kaack said the LORA “can be successfully deployed from our units, and the potential range exceeds anything we have known before.”
