A Look At Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense System (Updated)

How Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defence System Works -- CBC

n response to repeated rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory of Gaza over the past few years, Israel has deployed a missile defence system called Iron Dome.

What is it?

Iron Dome is a missile-defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., an Israeli military contractor, in conjunction with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). It is designed to intercept incoming rockets, long-range artillery and aircraft, and destroy them in the air before they reach populated areas.

In 2007, then-Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz announced that Iron Dome was the government’s choice for dealing with the threat from short-range missiles. Iron Dome was first deployed in March 2011 to thwart missiles being launched into Israel by Hamas militants in Gaza.

According to Israeli officials, Iron Dome has had a 90 per cent success rate in destroying Hamas rockets fired into populated areas.

There are currently five different Iron Dome installations, all located in southern Israel, the general target of most of Hamas rockets thus far.

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