{"id":1008,"date":"2026-03-24T04:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:22:50","slug":"iron-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/iron-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#199668\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Iron Dome<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iron Dome is a\u00a0<strong>short-range anti-rocket, anti-mortar, and anti-artillery system\u00a0<\/strong>with an\u00a0<strong>intercept range of 2.5 to 43 miles (4\u201370km)<\/strong>\u00a0and was developed by\u00a0<strong>Rafael Advanced\u00a0Defence\u00a0Systems of Israel<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It consists of a\u00a0<strong>series of batteries<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>use radar<\/strong>\u00a0to detect incoming\u00a0short range\u00a0rockets and intercept them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the past, Israel has put Iron Dome\u2019s interception rate at as high as 97%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Layered Air\u00a0Defence:<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Israel has a\u00a0<strong>multi-layered air\u00a0defence\u00a0network<\/strong>\u00a0to tackle a range of projectiles, short-range mortars,\u00a0rockets\u00a0and long-range ballistic missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 594w, https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These\u00a0comprise\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Iron Dome<\/strong>\u00a0(short range),\u00a0<strong>David\u2019s Sling<\/strong>\u00a0(low to mid-range)\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Arrow II &amp; Arrow III<\/strong>\u00a0(upper-atmospheric &amp;\u00a0exo-atmospheric).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>U.S. THAAD System:<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In addition to these,\u00a0<strong>the U.S.<\/strong>\u00a0military has sent its\u00a0<strong>advanced anti-missile system THAAD<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2013 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 to Israel.\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>THAAD is a critical part of the U.S. military\u2019s air\u00a0defences\u00a0and is designed to\u00a0<strong>intercept and destroy short,\u00a0medium\u00a0and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats<\/strong>\u00a0in their terminal phase of flight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iron Dome About Layered Air\u00a0Defence: U.S. THAAD System:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}