 Chikumbiro chakabva kuIsrael chakanangana ne1,100 mile 1,770 km range Pershing II medium range ballistic missiles chakarambwa neUnited States kuti chibatanidzwe sechikamu chechiuto chekubatsira kurudziro yakapihwa muna 1975 panguva yekutaurirana pamusoro pekuchinjisa Sinai kubva kuIsrael kuenda kuEjipitori kutonga sechikamu chechibvumirano cherunyararo chakasvitswa neUS. Kuvandudzwa kweJeriko II kwakatanga muna 1977, uye pakazosvika 1986 pakanga pane mishumo yekubudiswa kwemiedzo. Maererano neMissilethreat, chirongwa cheGeorge C. Marshall Institute, pane uchapupu hwokuti Jericho II yakavamba sepurojekiti yakabatanidzwa yeIsrael neIran, kubatana kwakaguma nokurasikirwa noukama hwakanaka pashure pechishanduko chechiIslam cha1979vakakoromora utongi hwaShah. Pakava nhevedzano yokutanga kuedza muMediterranean kubva muna 1987 kusvika muna 1992, wakarebesa uri makiromita anenge 1.300, zvikurukuru kubva panzvimbo iri paPalmachim, kumaodzanyemba kweTel Aviv. Janes anoshuma kuti kuvhurwa kwokuedza kwemakiromita 1.400 kunofungidzirwa kuva kwakaitika kubva kuOverberg Test Range yeSouth Africa muna June 1989. 