Sdot Micha Airbase

Sdot Micha Israeli Air Force Base Air Wing 2
שדות מיכה
Sdot Micha, Jerusalem District in Israel

Site information
Type	Military missile base
Owner	Israel Defense Forces
Operator	Israeli Air Force
Location
Sdot Micha Airbase Shown within Israel Show map of Jerusalem District Sdot Micha Airbase Sdot Micha Airbase (Israel) Show map of Israel
Coordinates	31°44′19″N 34°55′10″E / 31.73861°N 34.91944°E / 31.73861; 34.91944
Site history
Built	1962 (1962)
In use	1962 – present

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Sdot Micha Airbase (in Hebrew: שדות מיכה, lit. Micha Fields, also called Sdot HaElah Airbase by the IDF) 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, that can be fired from Jericho mobile missiles stationed in caverns there. In addition, Arrow interceptor missiles are stationed at the base.