Dubai: Tensions between Israel and Palestine have escalated to a full-blown confrontation, with airstrikes and rockets being fired from both sides. One of the subjects that is trending amid this chaos and devastation is Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, that has shielded the country from rockets launched by Hamas and Palestinian security.
The Iron Dome system is a short-range ground-to-air defence system that can intercept any airborne missile or rocket fired into Israeli airspace.
Jointly developed by Rafale Advanced Defence Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, it “detects, assesses and intercepts incoming artillery such as C-RAM, cruise missiles, precise guided missiles (PGM), UAVs, Air Breathing Threats (ABTs) and dense salvos.”
The system, however, has been overwhelmed with the heavy attack from Gaza. An energy pipeline in Israel was hit by a rocket which the Iron Dome failed to intercept.
Rafale has claimed a 90 per cent success rate with over 2,000 interceptions already.
Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of turtles being transported illegally were seized from a vehicle in Godipada area… Read More
Prayagrah/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi along with his family took a holy dip in… Read More
Mumbai: At a time when the row over Ranveer Allahbadia’s crass comment on the ‘India’s… Read More
Dubai: The eyes of the cricketing world were focused on Dubai as India and Pakistan… Read More
Cuttack: Pankaj Lochan Mohanty on Sunday assumed charge as president of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). Mohanty,… Read More
Kolkata: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway (ER) claimed to have seized foreign… Read More
This website uses cookies.
