Israel is braced for the possibility that Iran or its proxies will launch major missile or drone strikes on the country, based on intelligence assessments. Over the past decade-and-a-half, Israel has upgraded its air defenses considerably, adding new systems for interceptions of ballistic missiles fired from as far away as 2,400 kilometers. >>>READ FULL ARTICLE>>>
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That range includes Yemen, Syria and Iraq, where militant groups allied with Iran are based, as well as Iran itself. While these new systems passed years of testing to become fully operational and have notched a few successful interceptions in the battlefield, they have not yet dealt with a large-scale attack.
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The most active and well-known of Israel’s air defenses is Iron Dome, which has intercepted thousands of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza since 2011. However, Iron Dome is designed for missiles and drones with a short range, from 4 kilometers to 70 kilometers, and is just one of the various advanced missile defense systems in place in Israel.>>>READ FULL ARTICLE>>>
