The next generation of 'Iron Dome': intercepts rocket barrages and drones • Watch

March 16, 2021   

Another leap forward in the capabilities of the Iron Dome system: The Defense Ministry's Wall Directorate and Rafael have successfully completed a series of advanced tests on the Iron Dome system. You don't have to be a volunteer at an emergency organization to save lives. You can too. ‘'Against experimental vaccine, coronavirus': How many people has the anti-vaccine pike killed? The Defense Ministry announced today (Tuesday) that during the tests, the system successfully coped with complex and demanding scenarios - and intercepted targets that simulated existing and potential threats, including the simultaneous interception of several unmanned aerial vehicles and missile and rocket barrages. The Defense Ministry said that the tests were successfully completed. This is the third series of tests in a few months, which demonstrated the "technological leap at the core of the system." Head of the Wall Directorate at the Weapons Research and Development Directorate, Moshe Fattal: "30 years after the Gulf War, following which the Wall Directorate was established, and ten years after the first operational interception of the Iron Dome system, we are today completing a technological leap in the system's capabilities. In three series of tests within a few months, we have leapfrogged the capabilities of the Iron Dome system to the next generation of threats: complex, loaded and challenging missile and rocket barrages, clusters of unmanned aerial vehicles, and more.".