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Iron Dome

20 stories about Iron Dome
מערכת מגן אור מערכת לייזר ל יירוט רקטות

"Laser technology is a true game-changer. There are applications we haven’t yet conceived of"

11.11.24|Yuval Azulay
Brigadier General Ran Kochav, former commander of the Israeli Air Missile Defense Forces, believes that the introduction of Iron Beam, a laser interception system, heralds a profound change in warfare and believes that the day is not far off when fighter jets will be able to destroy ground targets from the air with total silence and precision.
מערכת הגנה אווירית THAAD של צבא ארה"ב ישראל ב 2019

IDF faces strain as missile stocks dwindle amid continued conflict

16.10.24|Yuval Azulay
U.S. deploys THAAD air defense to Israel as extended conflict exposes critical shortages in Israeli missile supplies.
יירוטים כיפת ברזל ירי מ לבנון ל לגליל 4.8.24 מלחמה בצפון

From Iron Dome to David’s Sling: Rafael’s innovations power Q2 success

28.08.24|Yuval Azulay
Revenues jump 25% as new laser Iron Beam system nears completion. 
אסדת כריש 1

Hezbollah's UAV infiltrations expose IDF's vulnerabilities

28.07.24|Yuval Azulay
From Yemen to Lebanon, the expanding UAV threat to Israel has the IDF strengthening defenses amid escalating tensions.
כטב"ם סמאד 2 אוטונומי יוצא לדרכו

Iron Dome's new nemesis: The rising threat of Hezbollah's UAVs

05.06.24|Yuval Azulay
Hezbollah's UAVs challenge Israel's air defenses daily, posing new threats from Lebanon. Experts caution that an unequivocal technological response is still a work in progress.
יירוטים של המתקפה האיראנית כפי שנראו מאשקלון כיפת ברזל איראן

From Arrow to Iron Dome: The economics of Israel's air defense strategy

15.04.24|Yuval Azulay
How much did it actually cost Israel to shoot down Iran’s flood of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and suicide drones?
מתקפה איראנית איראן יירוטים באזור המרכז 14.4.24

99% interception success rate: Behind Israel’s multi-layered air defense system that thwarted Iran

14.04.24|Elihay Vidal
Iran launched over 300 aerial threats, including ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. Israel intercepted the vast majority of them. The operation, which lasted several hours, is estimated to have cost over a billion dollars
איראן מתקפה איראנית טילים בשמי ירושלים הר הבית 14.4.24

Iran attacks Israel with over 300 drones, missiles; 99% intercepted

14.04.24|CTech and Ynet
Israel is weighing its response to the unprecedented attack, with Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden speaking early Sunday morning
C-Dome

Behind C-Dome: The Israeli navy's state of the art missile defense system

09.04.24|Yoav Zitun and CTech
The C-Dome system, a naval adaptation of the Iron Dome air defense system, is designed to protect seafaring vessels and infrastructure, including offshore gas platforms, against rocket and missile assaults
מערכת מגן אור מערכת לייזר ל יירוט רקטות

Iron Beam laser defense system set to become operational earlier than expected

20.11.23|Yuval Azulay
The security establishment sees the war in Gaza as an opportunity to test Rafael's laser interception system in the hope of making it operational as early as next year. At the same time, Rafael and IAI are accelerating the development of systems that should provide multi-layered protection from space as well
Magan Or in action

Israel to test Iron Beam laser system on Hamas missiles

26.10.23|Yuval Azulay
Israeli Ministry of Defense and Rafael recently agreed to deploy "Magen Or" (Iron Beam) laser system near the border with Gaza and challenge it with rocket barrages launched by Hamas terrorists
Iron dome with the assistance of the CAM software for the solidcam machining.

US weapon manufacturers expecting boost in sales from Israel

18.10.23|CTech
The U.S. will increase shipments of Iron Dome interceptor missiles and other weapons
רפאל כיפת ברזל 2

How tech led the IDF to lose touch with reality and fail to thwart Hamas

12.10.23|Yuval Azulay
The proliferation of touch screens, drones, and satellites resulted in the neglect of combat doctrines developed through blood and sweat, diminishing the emphasis on engaging with the enemy. Shielded by the seductive protection of the Iron Dome, the IDF was drawn into a pattern of merely "containing" rocket attacks from Gaza, while the political leadership pursued a policy of harmful neglect
מערכת כיפת ברזל של רפאל משגרת טיל ליירוט רקטות במבצע שומר החומות

US Marines adding Iron Dome to arsenal, planning to buy three batteries and over 1,800 interceptors

27.08.23|CTech
The deal with the Marines, who tested the systems last year, could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Rafael
מערכת יירוט בלייזר מגן אור בפעולה

Beam me up: Israel’s new laser system is a security game changer

30.04.23|Yuval Azulay
"Magen Or" (Iron Beam) is the next step up in Israel's self-defense: a laser system that can "cook" rockets, missiles or drones from afar, and at zero cost compared to the Iron Dome. It will be able to intercept rockets from Gaza even before they cross the border while Israeli citizens sleep soundly with no need to sound alarms
יירוט של כיפת ברזל מעל אשקלון

Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce

08.08.22|Reuters
Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on Friday against what it anticipated would be an Islamic Jihad attack
חרדים ברפאל

The ultra-Orthodox cyber division protecting Iron Dome

24.04.22|Udi Etsion
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has a special cyber division in Jerusalem that includes 55 ultra-Orthodox employees, some former yeshiva students, that help make sure no one penetrates the air defense system
הקברניט חמאס רקטות כיפת ברזל

Iranian hackers suspected of breaking into defense company Rafael's systems

01.02.22|Raphael Kahan and Udi Etsion
The hackers, who belong to the Iranian regime-supported "Moses Staff", uploaded to the Darknet examples from Rafael's database and offered up the stolen data for 100 bitcoin
נגמ"ש סטרייקר

U.S. Army to buy remote-controlled weapons from Rafael for $150 million

06.06.21|Udi Etsion
The Israeli defense company, along with its American partners, will supply the U.S. Army with APC “lethal” weapons positions. Meanwhile, a deal with the U.S. Marines for Iron Dome interceptors is in the works
מערכת כיפת ברזל של רפאל משגרת טיל ליירוט רקטות במבצע שומר החומות

Rafael investing NIS 250 million to court employees

24.05.21|Udi Etsion
The company raised NIS 805 million from institutional investors in April and plans to use more than 25% of it to upgrade working conditions and recruit additional tech employees
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