Facts About Israel’s Iron Dome

Iron Dome is a ground-to-air, short-range, air defence system. 

It includes a radar interceptor missiles that can track and neutralize any missiles or rockets that are aimed at Israeli targets. 

The Iron Dome is used for countering artillery and mortars (C-RAM), rockets as well as helicopters, aircraft and even unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Iron Dome has detection and tracking radar that can spot any incoming threats, a battle management and weapon control system (BMC) and a missile-firing unit. The BMC liaises between the interceptor missile and the radar.

The Iron Dome of Israel was deployed in 2011.