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Israel’s Iron Dome Anti-Rocket System Surpasses Expectations

by IsraeliMoD
March 13, 2012
in Missile News
2 min read
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Israel Defense Details Iron Dome Plans
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Long lines of people have made their way to the Iron Dome batteries deployed in southern Israel in recent days, distributing gifts and chocolates to Aerial Defense Network soldiers and admiring the life-saving systems that have been operating non-stop.

Behind the intensive field work of the soldiers stand the brilliant minds that developed the breakthrough technology, which has preserved the relative sanity of the hundreds of thousands of residents of the Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Be’er Sheva areas.

One of the players involved in the development of the Iron Dome was “Elta Systems”, which in cooperation with “Rafael” and the IDF, turned the system from something almost imaginary in terms of practical science into a reality.

Elta developed the radar used by the Iron Dome. The radar identifies rocket launches and aids the interceptor missile in reaching and destroying the incoming threat. The radar was developed in a relatively short amount of time and required the full mobilization of the factory. Within a year and a half, the radar was ready for testing. With the cooperation with Rafael, the radar passed various tests and was soon ready to prove itself in an operational setting.

“I have mixed feelings today,” Elta Chairman Major (ret.) Nissim Hadas told IDF Website. “As a citizen of a country where there are millions of citizens under the threat of rockets and in shelters, I do not feel comfortable. The attacks are not something that we have control over, but our contribution to the security of the country by means of the Iron Dome provides great satisfaction.”

“The feeling is that we’ve succeeded in producing a system that provides protection. You can think about what would happen if the system did not exist. The south would be a completely different place. We may have had to go to war if the home front was exposed as it was before.”

“For me, the greatest importance of the Iron Dome is protecting the sensitive points in Israel. The interceptions provide relative security and allow for the continuation of routine life as much as possible. We at Elta are located in Ashdod and we had full attendance of employees because of the sense of security. There were many sirens and we went in and out but we continued to work.”

The Iron Dome operates day and night, in all weather conditions, and can intercept rockets with a range of less than 70 kilometers and mortars. It can also intercept low-flying aircraft. The Iron Dome has had a greater than expected record of operational successes. The first battery was deployed around a year ago in Be’er Sheva and its first operational interceptions occurred while it was still in a test phase. The Iron Dome is designed to only intercept rockets that are identified as heading for populated areas and strategic spots. Since the escalation began on Friday, the Iron Dome has intercepted more than 90 percent of the rockets that it has targeted, a higher rate than anticipated.

The Elta chairman said that, even with the Iron Dome’s proven success, improvements will continue to be made. He also said that residents of the south should continue to abide by Home Front Command instructions and not become complacent.

Tags: anti-missileAnti-rocketiranIron DomeisraelLebanon
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