The battle over Iron Dome

 

Iron Dome, Israel’s short range missile defense system, is the country’s somewhat belated response to the recurring barrages of rockets fired at its population centers. Recently, a number of skeptics have voiced doubts over Israel’s proclaimed success rate of Iron Dome during the recent fighting. This article contextualizes the debate on Iron Dome’s performance and proceeds to discuss its details, using open source information to refute the claims of Iron Dome skeptics.  (Read more)