Cuaj hlis 30, 2011: Tau plaub xyoos tom ntej no, Cov neeg Ixayees yuav muab cov khoom tshwj tseg nrog tsawg kawg ob lub kaum os 120mm Keshet mortar systems hauv ib xyoos. Txij li xyoo 2007, 82 ntawm cov kab ke no tau xa mus rau cov tub rog muaj zog. Tebchaws Asmeskas tseem siv Keshet cov txheej txheem ntawm nws Stryker cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv cov neeg ua haujlwm. Lub Keshet, feem ntau tau teeb tsa ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv tub rog, hnyav 750 kg (1,650 lb) thiab tuaj yeem tua txog 16 qhov sib tw ib feeb ntawm thaj tsam li 7,500 meters. Kev tswj hluav taws tsis siv neeg tuaj yeem tswj hwm hluav taws los ntawm ntau 120mm Keshet mortars.
Keshet system yog qhov tshwj xeeb uas nws tau koom ua ke nrog kev tswj hwm, uas tso cai rau cov thawj coj kom hu xov tooj mus rau qhov hluav taws kub kom raug. Lub khoos phis tawj siv GPS thiab daim duab qhia chaw kom muab hluav taws raug. Lub Keshet tuaj yeem ua kom ntseeg tau tias cov foob pob tau tsoo lub hom phiaj hauv ob peb feeb, txawm tias tsis muaj lub foob pob. Keshet tseem tso cai siv cov cuab yeej ua kom pom tseeb laser-coj yog tias cov tub rog nyob ze rau ntawm tus yeeb ncuab. Kev taw qhia kuj tseem tuaj yeem ua los ntawm UAV siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob laser ntawm lub hom phiaj.
120mm laser-coj kuv qhov hnyav 17.2 kg (38 lb) thiab muaj qhov raug ntawm ib 'meter' (peb ko taw) los ntawm daim ntawv lo. Cov txheej txheem qhia GPS muab qhov tseeb tsis pub dhau 10 meters ntawm lub hom phiaj. Cov mines uas siv tsis tau tuaj yeem muab qhov raug los ntawm thawj qhov kev txhaj tshuaj thiab feem ntau xav tau ntau qhov kev txhaj tshuaj, ntxiv rau kev hloov kho lub hom phiaj ua ntej lub hom phiaj raug ntaus. Kev siv cov phom cug ua tshwj xeeb yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv txoj kev, qhov uas ploj mus yuav txhais tau tias cov neeg tuag. Ib puas thiab nees nkaum millimeter mortar projectile muaj li 2.2 kg (tsib lb) cov khoom tawg, piv rau 6.6 kg (15 lb) 155 mm projectile. Tsawg qhov hnyav ua rau txwv kev puas tsuaj rau cov pej xeem.
