Iron Dome

Iron Dome ( ) is a mobile air defense system in development by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells . The system is being created as a defensive countermeasure to the rocket threat against Israel's civilian population on its northern and southern border. The system is expected to be operational by May 2010.

"Iron Dome" launcher deployed next to Sderot , Israel (June 2011) The EL/M-2084 active electronically scanned array scaled down derivative radar of the Iron Dome US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome Iron Dome ( , kippat barzel ) is a mobile all-weather air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries . The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to 70 kilometres (43 mi) away and whose trajectory would take them to a populated area. Israel hopes to increase the range of Iron Dome's interceptions, from the current maximum of 70 kilometres (43 mi) to 250 kilometres (160 mi) and make it more versatile so that it could intercept rockets coming from two directions simultaneously. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba . On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a Grad rocket launched from Gaza for the first time. On 10 March 2012, The Jerusalem Post reported that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas. By November 2012, official statements indicated that it had intercepted 400+ rockets. By late October 2014, the Iron Dome systems had intercepted over 1,200 rockets. Iron Dome is part of a future multi-tiered missile defense system that Israel is developing, which will also include Arrow 2 , Arrow 3 , Iron Beam and David's Sling from as early as 2018. "The secret of the wonder weapon that Israel will show off to Obama" , Time , 19 March 2013 . "Israel's Iron Dome changes the face of battle" , Ynet news , Associated Press, 12 July 2014 .

Israeli air defense system to protect against short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 to 70 km Short video about Iron Dome from the Israeli News Company Iron Dome launcher deployed next to Sderot , Israel (June 2011) The EL/M-2084 active electronically scanned array scaled down derivative radar of the Iron Dome US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome Iron Dome ( , kippat barzel ) is a mobile all-weather air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries . The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to 70 kilometres (43 mi) away and whose trajectory would take them to an Israeli populated area. Israel hopes to increase the range of Iron Dome's interceptions, from the current maximum of 70 kilometres (43 mi) to 250 kilometres (160 mi) and make it more versatile so that it could intercept rockets coming from two directions simultaneously. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba . On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza for the first time. On 10 March 2012, The Jerusalem Post reported that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas. By November 2012, official statements indicated that it had intercepted over 400 rockets. By late October 2014, the Iron Dome systems had intercepted over 1,200 rockets. In addition to their land-based deployment, Iron Dome batteries will in the future be deployed at sea, where they will protect off-shore gas platforms in conjunction with Israel's Barak 8 missile system. Iron Dome is part of a future multi-tiered missile defense system that Israel is developing, which includes Arrow 2 , Arrow 3 , Iron Beam , Barak 8 and David's Sling . "The secret of the wonder weapon that Israel will show off to Obama" , Time , 19 March 2013 .

Israeli air defense system Short video about Iron Dome from the Israeli News Company The EL/M-2084 active electronically scanned array scaled down derivative radar of the Iron Dome US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome Iron Dome ( ) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries . The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to 70 kilometres (43 mi) away and whose trajectory would take them to an Israeli populated area. From 2011 to 2021, the United States contributed a total of US$1.6 billion to the Iron Dome defense system, with another US$1 billion approved by the US Congress in 2022. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba . On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a rocket launched from Gaza for the first time. On 10 March 2012, The Jerusalem Post reported that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas. In late 2012 Israel said that it hoped to increase the range of Iron Dome's interceptions, from a maximum of 70 kilometres (43 mi) to 250 kilometres (160 mi) and make it more versatile so that it could intercept rockets coming from two directions simultaneously. In November 2012, official statements indicated that it had intercepted over 400 rockets. By late October 2014, the Iron Dome systems had intercepted over 1,200 rockets. In addition to their land-based deployment, it was reported in 2017 that Iron Dome batteries would in future be deployed at sea on Sa'ar 6-class corvettes , to protect off-shore gas platforms in conjunction with Israel's Barak 8 missile system.