Iron Dome launches an interceptor during Operation Pillar of Defense Type C-RAMand short range air defence system [ 1 ] Place of origin Israel Service history In service2011–present Used by Israel Singapore [ 2 ] Wars Gaza–Israel conflict( 2011, 2012) Operation Pillar of Defense, Operation Protective Edge Production history Designer Rafael Advanced Defense Systemsand Israel Aerospace Industries Designed2005–present Manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systemsand Israel Aerospace Industries Unit cost $50 million per battery [ 3 ]$20,000 per interception (2014) [ 4 ] Produced2011–present Number built10 batteries deployed [ 5 ](Planned deployment is 15) [ 6 ] Specifications Weight90 kg (200 lb) [ 7 ] Length3 m (9.8 ft) [ 7 ] Diameter160 mm (6.3 in) [ 7 ] Detonation mechanism Proximity fuze [ 8 ] Launch platformThree/Four launchers, each carrying 20 interceptors. כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל,kippat barzel( is a mobile all-weather air defense system ] 8 [developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. ] 7 [The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rocketsand artillery shellsfired from distances of 4 kilometres )2.5 mi( to 70 kilometres )43 mi( away and whose trajectory would take them to a populated area. ] 9 [ ] 10 [ Israelhopes to increase the range of Iron Domes interceptions, from the current maximum of 70 kilometres )43 mi( to 250 kilometres )160 mi( and make it more versatile so that it could intercept rockets coming from two directions simultaneously. ] 11 [ Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. ] 12 [On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a Grad rocketlaunched from Gazafor the first time. ] 13 [On 10 March 2012, The Jerusalem Postreported that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza that would have landed in populated areas. ] 10 [By November 2012, official statements indicated that it had intercepted 400+ rockets. ] 14 [ ] 15 [ It is part of a future multi-tiered missile defense system that Israel is developing, that will also include Arrow 2, Arrow 3, Iron Beamand Davids Slingfrom as early as 2018
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