David's Sling was planned to be deployed in 2015, but budget shortfalls for infrastructure for deployable missile batteries delayed its operational date to 2017 [REF].
On 2 April 2017, at a ceremony held at Hatzor Airbase attended by Israeli and United States dignataries, two batteries of the David's Sling Weapon System were officially declared operational, activating the final component of the Israeli multi-tiered anti-missile defense array [REF].