Sdot Micha Airbase

Sdot Micha Israeli Air Force Base
Air Wing 2
שדות מיכה
Sdot Micha, Jerusalem District in Israel
Sdot Micha Airbase is located in Jerusalem
Sdot Micha Airbase
Sdot Micha Airbase
Shown within Israel
Sdot Micha Airbase is located in Israel
Sdot Micha Airbase
Sdot Micha Airbase
Sdot Micha Airbase (Israel)
Coordinates31°44′19″N 34°55′10″E / 31.73861°N 34.91944°E / 31.73861; 34.91944
TypeMilitary missile base
Site information
OwnerIsrael Defense Forces
OperatorIsraeli Air Force
Site history
Built1962 (1962)
In use1962 – present

Sdot Micha Airbase (in Hebrew: שדות מיכה‎, lit. Micha Fields) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) missile base and depot, whose existence Israel neither confirms nor denies. It is situated in the center of Israel, halfway from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean Sea and extends nearly 13 km from southeast to northwest. The center of the base is located 1.5 km north of moshav Sdot Micha and it has neither a runway nor a visible heliport. Its facilities can now be clearly seen on satellite images. Nuclear warheads are supposed to be stored at the base, which can also be fired by the missiles there.[1]

  1. ^ Kristensen, Hans M.; Korda, Matt (2022). "Israeli nuclear weapons, 2021". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 78 (1): 38–50. Bibcode:2022BuAtS..78a..38K. doi:10.1080/00963402.2021.2014239. Retrieved 2023-12-23.