A barrage of rockets has been fired at Israelis cities since Monday, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the city of Dimona——home to an Israeli nuclear facility. But the Israeli Defense Force claims, according toHaaretz, it has intercepted 27 per cent of the more than 180 rockets fired into Israel since Monday using what it calls the“Iron Dome.”

The Iron Dome has been in operation since 2011 and is deployed to intercept short-range missiles and mortars, with the goal of protecting civilians in the path of rockets and artillery shells.
It was developed in response toIsrael’s second war with Lebanon in 2006, when almost 4,000 rockets landed in Northern Israel, and the more than 4,000 rockets fired from Gazainto southern Israel between 2000 and 2007.

The Iron Dome’s“batteries”—which are made up of radar and three launchers that are each capable offiring off 20 Tamir interceptor missiles, stopping artillery that was fired from locations four to 70 kilometres away in all weather conditions.

It’s first major test came in November 2012, when Israeli officials claimed the system intercepted as many as 85 per centof the rockets fired from Gaza during Israel’s eight-day battle with Hamas. Although that number has been called into question.

The Iron Dome system’s designer, Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, said the batteries are able to“handle multiple threats simultaneously and efficiently ”but ignores threats that are predicted to strike outside of the“defended area zone.” The system does not target rockets or missiles directed at uninhabited areas.

By the end of 2012, Israel had five batteries stationed at five locations in southern Israel and in Tel Aviv, all of which could be moved to other locations when needed. Israel deployed a sixth battery in September 2013, amid fears of an attack from militants in Syria.

The Iron Dome is by no means cheap, but Israel considers it worth the money.
Israel earmarked about $1 billion for the technology, with plans to buy as many as 15 batteries. A single batterycosts about $50 million, while each of the Tamir interceptors cost as much as $100,000.
Timemagazinein 2012 cited an unnamed senior Israeli official saying the cost of an interceptor missile was“pocket change” compared to the cost of a rocket hitting Israeli neighbourhoods. “If these rockets actually hit a neighborhood, in terms of the human costs, the wounded, the destruction of infrastructure would be much greater. So $100,000 is not that much to pay for a house that’s full of kids,” the official said.
The U.S. has kicked in money for Israel to develop and purchase the Iron Dome batteries, with the Obama administration pledging $205 million in 2010 and, citing the success of the program, authorizing a further $211 million in 2013.

Just this week, the U.S. government, through its Missile Defense Agency, promised animmediate transfer of $429 millionin funding for the Iron Dome. The immediate transfer is in addition to the $3.1 billion in assistance that the U.S. provides Israel. The new deal will also see the U.S. gain“significant co-production opportunities.”

While Israel developed the technology to protect its citizens, the government does have an interest in marketing it to other countries.

Rafael Advanced Defence Systems has already worked with U.S.-based Raytheon Co. to develop another new defence systemknown as“David’s Sling,”which has been tested to stop rockets and other projectiles with ranges between 70 kilometres and 300 kilometres.

Source: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://globalnews.ca/news/1203882/israels-mobile-missile-defence-system-what-is-the-iron-dome/&sa=U&ei=PIbIU8PqBoikPcO7gQg&ved=0CDgQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNGE17YPErBoAEpk0j51Gwpzffz7Ig

That's what Nigeria needs to build to counter BH rockets which saharareporters said might be deployed by BH in the future if BH is not stopped now.

Nigeria needs to build a single man portable anti-rocket-missle-shell radar/infared weapons.

EasternLeopard: That's what Nigeria needs to build to counter BH rockets which saharareporters said might be deployed by BH in the future if BH is not stopped now.

Nigeria needs to build a single man portable anti-rocket-missle-shell radar/infared weapons.

bh has rockets?that is serious .

Raytheon. Reminds me of my 9 to 5 days. i'm outta here.

Isreal i fear una.

here in Nigeria, Christians will hold their peace and expect the lord to fight for them...
the real Christians know better

Ok

This is why Israel will continue to deal with the countries surrounding it and that yeye hamas terrorist group

No matter the technology, many people are still going to die. Isreal should find an effective solution with Palestine instead of manufacturing more weapons.

The children of Israel having terrific war strategies nd warriors since the days of David

These guys are warlords. See narration.

ichidodo: A copy cat technology culled from the US Patriot Missile System...Isrealis aren't that smart.....

At least they are smart enof to copy a good thing for the safety of their civilians..

Which one have ur country done copy-cat on to protect it's many citizens?

Give Nigeria d funds to build something like this, and it'll be embezzled by those crazy pot-bellies..

And yet u are criticizing a Nation who've done their bit in d protection of it's people. Smh

Israel whopping Arabian asses since 1976 !! •

ichidodo: A copy cat technology culled from the US Patriot Missile System...Isrealis aren't that smart.....

I dnt think so. They helped develop it for the US. Have you forgotten they dominate the US intelligence?

Very small nation but strong ... Damn!!!

Only in Isreal, for Isreal and by Isrealis

...a really impressive piece of military
hardware.isreal has shown the importance of
such a defensive system.but it is very expesive to
run even the u.s.a sends funds to help out the
'iron dome' system..israel also has a national
missile defense against short and medium-range missiles using their Arrow missile system.The
Arrow is considered one of the
most advanced missile defense programs
currently in existence. It is the first operational
missile defense system specifically
designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles.talk about a secured nation.naija
get any anti-rocket or Missile defense systems
sef?

#farts and leave room#

no peace in this world.... til Jesus tarries

.....The new deal will also see the U.S. gain“significant co-production opportunities....

U.S. won't spend unless they'll gain. They want to learn the real secret of producing the sophisticated defense System from Israel.

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Afrocatalyst:

I dnt think so. They helped develop it for the US. Have you forgotten they dominate the US intelligence?

Even if they happened to be copy-cats @ least it's better to copy a good thing that can save the life of your civilians, than copy bad things..

Wonder why that guy had to be antagonistic(so it seems)

EasternLeopard: That's what Nigeria needs to build to counter BH rockets which saharareporters said might be deployed by BH in the future if BH is not stopped now.

Nigeria needs to build a single man portable anti-rocket-missle-shell radar/infared weapons.

Wise words.....but in a country where we are not focusing enough on science and technology.....

We can get there....but first,we need to change the orientation of our education .....right now all our education system is good for is training office clerks (sigh).

ichidodo: A copy cat technology culled from the US Patriot Missile System...Isrealis aren't that smart.....

And you smart-ass, what have you copied successfully without the original writers Mat number ?

Defense the best form of attack, nearly a thousand projectiles has been fires into Israel, but IDDS has intercept about 82% of them, highly efficient

JEHOVAH is faithful. If any of the Arab countries had being as powerful as Israel or America, by now freedom of worship would have long been a thing of the past in the world. Whether of young or old, man or woman, child or adult, theirs or that of others, the truth remains that Palestinians do NOT value life. Yes, Life is not sweet but can you laden yourself with bomb in the name of suicide bombing for whatever reason? Say the truth, can you? You can't, not because you are afraid to die but because you value not just your life but that of others too because of the sanctity of life. You know that you cannot create one so why should you destroy life (whether yours or that of another). But Palestinians are not like that, they see life as worthless. While Israel will do anything to protect the lives of their own citizen, Palestinians will go and kill and run back to use their populace as human shield, what wickedness! They are bloody cowards, they don't value the lives of their women and children. If they do while running back after inviting trouble to mix up among them, hide among them to use them as shield? Useless cowards! Obviously, they are under demonic influence because they laid the exemplary format of the suicide bombing that all Islamic terrorist organizations like BokoHaram are now following killing innocent people. It's Palestine that hates peace with passion, knowing fully well that they are no match for Israel, yet because of the fact that they have no respect for sanctity of life (neither for their lives nor for Israelis) they keep provoking Israel. Since last year, they've been ceaselessly firing missiles at Israel without Israel responding. Feeling that that was not provoking enough, they went ahead to kidnap and kill 3 Israelis.
Read History: There are still million of blacks in Morocco and Egypt, peacefully integrating and living with the Arabs that stole their and drove most of their forefathers further down Mid-Africa and South of Africa. There are still millions and millions of Red Indians in America today, peacefully integrating and even now ruling with the Caucasians that stole their land and callously spilled the blood of their fathers on their own land. Similar cases abound around the world. Not because they are fools but because humanity is becoming more civilized knowing that "An eye for an eye would only make the whole world go blind"
Just like America offered to develop Japan, despite the fact that Israel earlier paid for most of their own GOD-given land, Israel still offered pecuniary compensation, infrastructural development, economic development, technological development and much more in exchange for peace but these senseless stone-age Palestinians flatly rejected all. To them, their life is worthless and their desire to always see blood shed (obviously, they are under demonic influence), whether theirs or others', makes people of Palestine to still try to kill Israelis without slightest provocations even when it should by now have deeply sunk into their dumb brain that Israel have NO other place to go!

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2.sell dem we^ u r broke
God #elp bless us ooo