Sunday, November 18, 2012

A Look At Israel's Iron Dome System



Israeli Iron Dome Stops A Rocket With A Rocket -- New York Times

JERUSALEM — An abiding image of the former Israel defense minister Amir Peretz was a photograph of him peering at a military drill — with the black lens caps still on his binoculars. Mr. Peretz resigned months after the 2006 war in Lebanon, which was widely regarded as a failure.

Yet on Sunday, as rockets fired by Gaza militants streaked toward Tel Aviv, Ashdod and other Israeli cities, Mr. Peretz, a resident of the rocket-battered border town of Sderot, was being hailed as a defense visionary for having had the foresight while in office to face down myriad skeptics and push for the development of Iron Dome, Israel’s unique anti-rocket interceptor system.

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More News On Israel's Iron Dome

Gaza conflict tests Israeli defense system
-- Washington Post
Covering Israel with an "Iron Dome" -- CBS
A Look at Israel's 'Iron Dome' Missile Defense -- AP
Israel’s Iron Dome: The Ultimate Missile Destroyer -- Daily Beast
Israel conflict: What is Iron Dome? -- Washington Post
Israel's Iron Dome missile shield -- BBC
How Israel's Iron Dome missile defense works -- Washington Post
Tel Aviv saved by Iron Dome intercept -- Reuters
Barak seeks NIS 750 million to speed delivery of Iron Dome systems -- Haaretz
Israel's Iron Dome provides cover, but not normalcy (+video) -- Christian Science Monitor
Iron Dome: Missile defense system a game changer, Israelis say -- CNN

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