Iron Dome

  • The Iron Dome is a short-range, ground-to-air, air defense system used by Israel to intercept rockets, missiles, and other aerial threats aimed at Israeli targets.
  • It was developed in response to rocket attacks by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war.
  • The system's deployment began in 2011 and has achieved a claimed success rate of over 90%, although experts estimate it to be over 80%.
  • The Iron Dome operates as a three-part system, consisting of a detection and tracking radar, a battle management and weapon control system (BMC), and a missile firing unit.
  • The radar detects incoming threats, the BMC manages the interception process, and ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

News Snippets