Iron Dome

The Iron Dome is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometres away and whose trajectory would take them to an Israeli populated area. From 2011 to 2021, the United States contributed a total of US$1.6 billion to the Iron Dome defense system, with another US$1 billion approved by the US Congress in 2022. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. On... Wikipedia

• Type:  Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) and short range air defence system
• Place of origin:  Israel
• In service:  2011–present
• Used by:  Israel Defense Forces
• Wars:  Gaza–Israel conflict (2011, 2012, 2021), Operation Pillar of Defense, Operation Protective Edge, Sinai insurgency, 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Operation Breaking Dawn, Operation Shield and Arrow, Gaza war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Twelve-Day War, 2026 Iran war
• Designer:  Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries
• Designed:  2005
• Manufacturer:  Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries
• Unit cost:  $50 million per battery, $100,000–150,000 per interception
• Produced:  2011–present
• Number built:  10 batteries deployed (planned deployment is 15)
• Weight:  90 kg (198.42 lb)
• Length:  3 m
• Diameter:  160 mm
• Detonation, mechanism:  Proximity fuze
• Speed:  Mach 2.2
• Launch, platform:  Three/four launchers, each carrying 20 interceptors.
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo