An Arrow-3 interceptor is launched at a test site in central Israel on Jan. 18, 2022.
An Arrow-3 interceptor is launched at a test site in central Israel on Jan. 18, 2022.
  • Both the US and Israel used weapons capable of killing missiles in space to fend off Iranian weapons last weekend.
  • Videos online showed an apparent exo-atmospheric intercept from the attack. 
  • Exo-atmospheric kills are impressive because of how difficult it is to find, hit, and destroy missiles in space.

Both the US and Israel used weapons capable of killing missiles in outer space to fend off Iran's massive strike over the weekend.