Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Iron Dome Is A Success Story In Israel

Iron Dome Battery outside Beersheba (Photo: Herzl Yosef)

Iron Dome’s Crucial Gaza Test -- Leor Sapir, Commentary

Earlier this month, Palestinian militants fired approximately 300 rockets and mortar shells into Israel’s southern population centers. The ensuing escalation left more than 20 Palestinian militants dead, and about the same number of Israelis wounded. The barrage ensued after Israel killed Zuhir al-Qaisi, head of the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza, who had been planning an attack on Israeli civilians similar to that of 2011, which left eight Israelis dead. He was also one of the masterminds behind the 2006 kidnapping of Gilad Shalit. But the most important result of this exchange is that the fighting resulted in a crucial test of the Iron Dome missile defense system.

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My Comment: 20 years ago this was all a dream .... now .... it is a reality.

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