Iron Dome

Short video about Iron Dome from the Israeli News Company The EL/M-2084 active electronically scanned array scaled down derivative radar of the Iron Dome US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome in 2011.

The Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized: Kippat Barzel) 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 (2–43 mi) 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.