Iron Dome is a 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 kilometers (2.5 mi) to
70 kilometers (43 mi) away and whose trajectory would take them to an
Israeli populated area. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially
deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. On 7 April 2011, the system successfully
intercepted a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza for the first time. On 10 March 2012, The Jerusalem Post reported that the system shot down 90% of rockets
launched from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas. In late
2012 Israel said that it hoped to increase the range of Iron Dome's
interceptions, from a maximum of 70 kilometers (43 mi) to 250 kilometers (160 mi) and make it more versatile so that it could intercept rockets
coming from two directions simultaneously. In November 2012, official
statements indicated that it had intercepted over 400 rockets. By late
October 2014, the Iron Dome systems had intercepted over 1,200 rockets. In
addition to their land-based deployment, it was reported in 2017 that Iron Dome
batteries would in future be deployed at sea on Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, to protect off-shore gas platforms in
conjunction with Israel's Barak 8 missile system. Iron Dome is part of
a multi-tiered missile defense system that Israel was continuing to develop in
2016 to protect the country from threats ranging from mortars to ICBMs and which includes Arrow 2, Arrow 3, Iron Beam, Barak 8 and David's Sling.
How does Iron Dome
work?
It works in 5 steps as shown in the picture above.
Step 1: Enemies
Rockets are fired- In this the enemies would target their air missiles or
rockets towards Israel.
Step 2: Detection by
Radar- the Radar System of Israel detects the rockets and its tracks that
may penetrate the air space of Israel.
Step 3: Control System estimates
Impact Point- The control system in the dome intercepts the target point of
the rockets fired.
Step 4: Fire Missiles
launched- The Launcher fires
the missiles to intercept. The best thing about Iron Dome is that it would not
act on the threats that it can intercept to fall in uninhabited areas.
Step 5: Rockets destruction- The missiles are launched which explode close to the rockets
thereby destroying them.
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