Israel develops ‘Scorpius Beam’ electronic warfare system

Tel Aviv: – Israel has developed ‘Scorpius Beam’, a defence technology having an extraordinary capability of targeting enemy radar systems, missiles, drones, fighter jets and communications equipment and rendering them defunct. Moreover, the Israeli company, which developed this technology, said that this development would replace Israel’s use of rockets to shoot down enemy rockets, planes, missiles. Last month, Scorpius T Beam was used during the Blue Flag air exercises.

Two days ago, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a state-owned defence manufacturer, made an important announcement. Eddie Dahlberg, Chief of the intelligence department of IAI, announced that the Scorpius Beam usable in electronic warfare is ready for deployment. Dahlberg said ‘Scorpius Beam can ensure the safety of the Israeli electromagnetic defence systems and at the same time render the enemy systems defunct.

The Israeli company claimed that Scorpius could end the threats of fighter jets, drones, missiles, rockets, destroyers, radar systems and anything else. Although Scorpius is predominantly a defence system, it can be used even to attack. Scorpius will not launch missiles to neutralise enemy missiles and other systems. Gideon Fostick, another senior official at IAI, informed that enemy missiles and other systems could be defunct using the Beam.

Analysts around the globe are repeatedly saying that future wars will be fought in the electromagnetic sector. Fostick announced that, therefore, Israel has prepared itself for future wars with the inclusion of Scorpius. The Israeli company has developed four versions of the Scorpius. Scorpius G for operations from land, Scorpius N for the navy, Scorpius P for the air force and Scorpius T for training purposes.

At the end of last month, Blue Flag, a multinational air exercise, was held in Israel. Fighter jets from India, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Greece participated. The Israeli forces had deployed the Scorpius T system during this exercise. The Israeli company claimed that this was the first time such a system was used in an international air exercise. The Scorpius T system, used for trainees, can connect to super-advanced fighter jets and target enemy warplanes, missiles, and other systems. This shows that Israel has taken a big lead in the electronic warfare sector.

Over the last few months, Israel tested Iron Beam and an independent laser system developed on the lines of Iron Dome. Now Israel has demonstrated that it is a leader also in the electromagnetic warfare sector, with the development of the Scorpius Beam system.