Iron Dome
About
- Iron Dome is a short-range anti-rocket, anti-mortar, and anti-artillery system with an intercept range of 2.5 to 43 miles (4–70km) and was developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems of Israel.
- It consists of a series of batteries that use radar to detect incoming short range rockets and intercept them.
- In the past, Israel has put Iron Dome’s interception rate at as high as 97%.
Layered Air Defence:
- Israel has a multi-layered air defence network to tackle a range of projectiles, short-range mortars, rockets and long-range ballistic missiles.
- These comprise the Iron Dome (short range), David’s Sling (low to mid-range) and Arrow II & Arrow III (upper-atmospheric & exo-atmospheric).
U.S. THAAD System:
- In addition to these, the U.S. military has sent its advanced anti-missile system THAAD – Terminal High Altitude Area Defense – to Israel.
- THAAD is a critical part of the U.S. military’s air defences and is designed to intercept and destroy short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats in their terminal phase of flight.