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Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized: Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, [8] developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. [7]
Rafael's Iron Dome air defense and C-RAM system. Israeli soldier with Spike anti-tank missile launcher Python-5 (front) and Shafrir 1 (back) missiles Popeye standoff missile Rafael's Trophy active protection system, "Windbreaker", on an Israeli Merkava Mk IV main battle tank
Iron Dome was originally billed as providing city-sized coverage against rockets with ranges of between 4 and 70 km (2.5 to 43 miles), but experts say this has since been expanded. LASER-BASED SYSTEM
Iron Dome was developed by state-owned Rafael Advanced Defence Systems with U.S. backing to counter rocket fire from Lebanon that hit Israeli towns during the 2006 war with Hezbollah, and from ...
The system was put into development in the mid-2000s. It became operational in 2011, with a good chunk of financing from the U.S. Israel's Iron Dome system is a major defensive asset
Iron Dome battery firing. Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized: Kippat Barzel) is a short-range artillery and rocket interception system jointly developed by the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. Development began in 2005, and it was declared operational in March 2011.
As thousands of rockets have rained down on Israel, the country has been relying once again on the Iron Dome system to protect its citizens. The missile defense system is one of the most important ...
Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, including on Tuesday night when Iran launched a ...