Sdot Micha Airbase

Sdot Micha (also known as Sdot HaElla; in Hebrew: שדות האלה)[1] is an Israeli Air Force base located near Zekharia. It is believed that the base is a missile launch facility for nuclear-tipped Jericho 2[2] and probably Jericho 3 missiles.[3]

It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Burayj.[4]

Units

  • 150 Squadron (Israel) Jericho IRBM
  • 199 Squadron (Israel) Jericho IRBM
  • 248 Squadron (Israel) Jericho IRBM

See also

References

  1. ↑ "More Than Meets The Eye In Mideast Face-Off". Aviation Week & Space Technology. 22 October 2012.
  2. ↑ https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/jericho-2/
  3. ↑ https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/jericho-3/
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 282. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

Coordinates: 31°44′19″N 34°55′10″E / 31.73861°N 34.91944°E / 31.73861; 34.91944

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