Barak MX

Israel’s modular, multi-layer air and missile defense system — one battle-management core that mixes short-, medium- and long-range interceptors for land and naval deployments, combat-proven and rapidly expanding its export footprint.

Overview

Barak MX is a modular, multi-tier surface-to-air missile system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) as an in-house evolution of the earlier Barak 1 and the Indian–Israeli Barak 8 family. It integrates four interceptor variants — short-range SR, medium-range MR, long-range LR and extended-range ER — under a single battle-management center, enabling a scalable layered defense against fighters, helicopters, UAVs, cruise and anti-ship missiles, glide bombs and tactical ballistic missiles. The system is fielded in land-mobile, deployable and stationary configurations as well as a naval vertical-launch variant known as Barak Magen, and has been exported to seven countries on three continents.

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