Amurka ta sanar da niyyar ta na aikawa Isra'ila da na’urar kasa da saman mai suna Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) a wani yunwa na samun karfin kare sai na Isra’ila, bayan harin roket 200 da Iran ta kai wa Isra’ila a ranar 1 ga Oktoba.
Pentagon ta bayyana cewa, aikar da THAAD ya biyo bayan taron waya tsakanin Shugaban Amurka Joe Biden da Firayim Minista Benjamin Netanyahu, inda suka tattauna game da martaniyar Isra’ila kan harin Iran.
Na’urar THAAD, wacce aka samar ta da Lockheed Martin, an tsara ta ne don kare daga roket É—in balisti na gajeren, matsakaici da matsakaitan nisa, kuma tana aiki a Æ™arfin saman da ya wuce 150 kilometers. Tana da radar mai karfin aikawa da aka sanya a cikin mota shida, kowacce tana da launchers takwas na roket É—in kare.
THAAD ba ta da warhead na fashewa, amma tana lalata abubuwan da take kare ta ta hanyar kinetic energy, ta amfani da radar mai inganci.
An bayyana cewa, aikar da THAAD zai Æ™ara wata hanyar kare ga na’urorin kare sai na Isra’ila, wadanda suka hada da Iron Dome, Arrow, da David’s Sling, wadanda suka fuskanci matsaloli wajen kare daga wasu harkokin harin roket na Iran da Hezbollah.
Kafin aikar da THAAD zuwa Isra’ila, na’urar ta ta aikawa a wasu yankuna kamar South Korea da UAE, kuma ana tsammanin zai Æ™ara wata hanyar kare ga Isra’ila kan barazanar harin roket daga Iran da Hezbollah.
