Space becomes new theater of war: Israel shoots down a ballistic missile that was traveling 62 miles ABOVE Earth

Space has become a new theater of war after Israel shot down a missile that flew “outside the Earth’s atmosphere.”

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed last week that its Arrow missile defense system shot down an “air threat” allegedly launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Although details are sparse, they are acceptable The boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space is 62 miles above the surface, known as the Kármán line.

The Israeli army said that the “Arrow” missile intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea that was launched towards its territory after the missile traveled approximately 1,000 miles from Yemen.

The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Saree, claimed that this was the third attack launched by the group on Israel, and pledged that there would be more in the future. Until the “Israeli aggression” stopped, in reference to the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In the image, the arrow is seen focusing on an atmospheric threat that was outside the Earth’s atmosphere

The Israeli army said that it used the Arrow air defense system for the first time since the outbreak of war with Hamas on October 7, the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip.

The war began when Hamas militants launched a surprise crackdown on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 220 hostage.

Since then, more than 8,300 people have been killed, many of them children, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza, a poor slice of the land home to 2.4 million people.

Yemen’s Houthi army joined the conflict between Israel and Hamas on October 31 when the group fired drones and missiles at Israel, forcing the IDF to fire its “missile-killer” Arrow 3 missiles in response.

The Arrow, built jointly with the US, was first tested in 2013, followed by another test in 2014 and again in 2019 over Alaska amid concerns about Iran’s ongoing nuclear and missile programmes.

The defensive system is designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere, allowing it to shoot down a Houthi missile last month.

Space became a new theater of war after Israel shot down a missile that flew “outside the Earth’s atmosphere.”

The Israeli army said that the “Arrow” missile intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea that was launched towards its territory after the missile traveled approximately 1,000 miles from Yemen.

Arrow is said to have shot down an enemy missile rising out of Earth’s atmosphere. While details are sparse, the accepted boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space is 62 miles above the surface, known as the Kármán line.

The Arrow provides hypersonic capabilities and can defend a wide area, providing comprehensive defense of strategic locations and large populated areas.

It can also blast long-range threats, including those carrying weapons of mass destruction, away from targets.

The missile system uses hit-to-kill technology to destroy incoming missiles by firing vertically and move towards the estimated interception point.

The kill vehicle is found once the enemy warhead is identified and the target is close enough.

The Houthis are believed to have fired a long-range laser-guided Barkan 3 missile, which evaded detection by other layers of defense, forcing Israel to use the Arrow missile.

Boaz Levy, CEO and President of Israel Aerospace Industries, said: “The Arrow system (…) demonstrated today that Israel possesses the most advanced technology for defense against ballistic missiles at various ranges.”

Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari referred to the Houthi threat on the evening of October 31, saying that Israel knows how to protect itself and its interests.

He said that despite the risks, Israel is focused on the struggle against Hamas and will not be distracted by the incident, but can act in the future at a time and place of its choosing.

The Houthis consider themselves part of the so-called “Axis of Resistance”, which includes Iranian-backed Shiite factions in Iraq and the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

The movement has been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

During the fighting, the Houthis targeted strategic assets in the Gulf, most notably energy facilities in Saudi Arabia.

The addition of another Iranian-backed group fighting against Israel represents a terrifying escalation in the war and increases fears that the fighting in Gaza may spread to the Middle East.

This means that Israel faces attacks by Tehran-backed groups from every direction – from Hamas to the east, Hezbollah terrorists to the north in Lebanon, the Syrian National Defense Forces to the west, and now the Houthis in Yemen to the south.