Sherman Kilshon Shrike Missile Launcher

After Israeli aircraft had teased the Arab air defenses into switching on their search and targeting radar, the Kilshon would lock on to the radar's electromagnetic signature and destroy it with the Shrike anti-radiation missile.

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Sherman Kilshon

The Israelis suffered severe losses to Arab antiaircraft batteries during the Yom Kippur War (1973). The answer was to launch Shrike anti-radiation missiles (with an Israeli-developed rocket booster) mounted on a turretless M51 Sherman chassis. The Israelis named the system Kilshon (Trident).

 
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