Israel Carried Out Test Missile Launch: Defense Ministry
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Israel said it carried out a joint missile test with the U.S. in the Mediterranean Sea, raising regional tensions already heightened by the Syria crisis and sending international markets tumbling.
“Today, the Israel missile defense organization and the U.S. missile defense agency completed a successful flight test” of the new version of the Sparrow target missile, the Israeli army said in an e-mailed statement. “This is the first flight out test of this new version of the Sparrow, and was conducted at Israeli test range over the Mediterranean Sea.”