For over eight years Israel has been attacked by terrorist rockets. Israel has fought two wars -- in 2006 against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in 2008-2009 against Hamas in Gaza -- in an attempt to protect her people from this threat, and others. Now, Israel has a new line of defense that could greatly lessen the threat posed by rocket attacks -- The Iron Dome:
The Iron Dome, under development by Rafael Defense Systems, is slated to become operational sometime in 2010 and to be capable of intercepting short-range Kassam and Katyusha rockets fired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hizbullah in Southern Lebanon.
The Iron Dome uses an advanced radar that locates and tracks the rocket that is then intercepted by a kinetic missile interceptor.
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