The Syrian army seems to have captured the Stunner rocket launched from Israel's David's Sling shield, then transferred to Russia.

The Israeli army on July 23, 2018, launched the David's Sling medium-range missile defense system for the first time to intercept two OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missiles used by the Syrian army during the attack of floating forces. get up in the south of this country. Israel said that two bullets flew into their airspace and decided to shoot down.

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Davids Sling System test shot in 2015 Photo: MDA

However, both the Stunner bullets of the David's Sling system missed the target, forcing the crew to issue a self-destruct command. One of the missiles did not detonate, fell into Syrian territory in a state of integrity and was quickly recovered by the country's military, Sina's military news site said last week.

The Stunner rocket was later transferred to the Russian army by Syria and returned to Moscow for research, although Israel and the US called on Russia to return the bullet.

The Russian Defense Ministry and the Israeli army declined to comment.

David's Sling is an advanced anti-air shield system produced by Israel's Rafael and US Raytheon Corporation, capable of shooting down missiles from a distance of 40-300 km, creating a name defense system. sophisticated multilayer fire when combined with the Iron Dome and Arrow long range interceptors.

Stunner missiles have a two-stage design, using the mechanism to destroy targets by direct collision instead of carrying warheads containing explosives. Each rocket costs about one million dollars, is equipped with many modern probes to increase the ability to catch and hit the target.