IRON DOME counter - rocket artillery and missile [C-RAM) system : Doubts over success of Israel's antimissile system

摘要

Iron Dome is the latest and smallest of Israel's antimissile systems, aso known as ron Cap.It is a mobile all-weather air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., in conjunction with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Designed to intercept incoming rockets, long-range artillery fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometers away 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 in Gaza.