U.S. Army To Purchase Iron Dome Battery

Arie Egozi February 08, 2019

Iron Dome
Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry

TEL AVIV—The U.S. Army plans to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome system, opting to buy the first batch of the rocket interceptor for deployed U.S. military forces against a range of ballistic and airborne threats. The system, developed by Rafael, has been operated by the Israeli Air Force since 2011 and...

Arie Egozi

Arie was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in political science and journalism. Later, he worked as a defense correspondent for Israel’s largest daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronot. He is the editor-in-chief of the Israeli homeland security website I-HLS.

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