Iron Dome gets mysterious upgrade
Defense Ministry announces an improvement to the missile defense system, against unspecified ‘unprecedented threats’

Israel has successfully upgraded its Iron Dome missile-defense system, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, without elaborating on the specific improvements.

A series of tests was performed to “widen the capacity and improve the performance” of the system, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. It added that Israel faces “an unprecedented array of threats” presumably ranging from mortars to long-range missiles from a variety of origins.


The Iron Dome system was developed, after much nay-saying, to counter the rocket threat from Gaza, a territory from which Hamas and other organizations have fired since 2001 upward of 15,200 projectiles at Israel. Sped to the field in a near unfathomable four years, the Rafael-made system was built to counter rocket threats from four to 70 kilometers away.

On April 7, 2011, several days after the system was made operational, it intercepted a Grad rocket fired from Gaza. Since then, the system has displayed an interception rate of roughly 85 percent, destroying or diverting the incoming projectiles.

During last summer’s war in and around Gaza, Hamas and other terror organizations fired 4,594 rockets at Israel. Of those, the system chose to intercept 799 projectiles –if is designed to focus only on missiles deemed threatening to populated areas — hitting 735 and missing 64, according to a Channel 2 report.

Toward the end of the war, Hamas focused on short-range mortar fire, which the system was not made to intercept. Other attempts have been made to increase the rate of fire so as to overwhelm the system and to acquire heavier and longer rockets that exceed Iron Dome’s limits.

Israel, while pushing Iron Dome’s larger cousin, David’s Sling, to operational status, has also increased the performance envelope of the existing system.

Nonetheless, particularly in a war against Hezbollah, which possesses more rockets and missiles, and which is expected to open a future conflict with a blitz, the army has been preparing the public for a less stellar performance.

“The writing is on the wall and the disappointment will come,” IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said shortly after Operation Protection Edge last summer. He called Iron Dome “outstanding” in an interview with the IAF quarterly magazine, but added that in the next war “we will not see the same results as Operation Protection Edge.”

Uzi Rubin, a former head of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization at the Defense Ministry, has said there are no game-changers in the ongoing conflict with Israel’s foes. Each side continues to develop the technology it needs. Rockets beget anti-rocket technology. Multi-rocket launchers beget additional Iron Dome batteries.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iron-dome-to-get-mysterious-upgrade/

The Iron Dome has got to be one the best invention ever made.

Defensive measures...it takes an average of 11 minutes for a missile frm iran to hit isreal. When ur supposed enemy is gettin strnger, u dnt just go to bed.

ikbnice:
Defensive measures...it takes an average of 11 minutes for a missile frm iran to hit isreal. When ur supposed enemy is gettin strnger, u dnt just go to bed.

iron dome will intercept all missile threat from iran and completely destroy them.

First of all I never knew the news of iron dome will make a wave here, Nairaland:where only boobs, and hilarious pictures thrives.
Secondly, why saying `mysterious' upgrade, there is nothing mysterious about the iron dome, its just a piece of technology that far exceed its own time, and an upgrade is important, as the delay might proved fatal for Israel, even the USA doesn't have this, they have the Patriot, to maintain the iron dome cost a lot, this is accustomed to every foremost technological weapon.
Kudos to you.

abdulfuntai:
iron dome will intercept all missile threat from iran and completely destroy them.

Iron dome has a very good success percentage, that does not mean it can intercept `all' missile,

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Israel


God's own country

They are the only country in the world plus Japan that could come close to Biafra intellectuals if given same opportunity and atmosphere. #FACT..

whitecloth:


Iron dome has a very good success percentage, that does not mean it can intercept `all' missile,

U r right.. It's coverage is for short distance missile know as rocket.

coolzeal:
They are the only country in the world plus Japan that could come close to Biafra intellectuals if given same opportunity and atmosphere. #FACT..

Ha!

We need dis and even more wicked weapons to use kill all dis dirty yolobas in dis country.

iro dome hype, they are hyping their defense system based on little rockets from Palestine, I pity that iron dome when it faces Russia's iskander or the u.s hell fire missiles.

They are preparing for a Massive event.

CERN has opened a portal to allow extra dimensional beings in.

CERN has since sent all of her academic and scholarship student interns and staff away.

Watch Christine Lagarde of the IMF talk about the Shmitta.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYmViPTndxw

Being proactive is a very important thing to succeed against any form of adversary and challenge. unfortunately that is what we lack here. we prefer being reactive to being proactive. God help Nigeria

Christine Lagarde's press address on January 15th, 2015.


1:22 – “Now I’m going to test your numerology skills by asking you to think about the magic seven”
1:34 – “Most of you will know that seven is quite a number
2:24 – “2014, you drop the zero, fourteen, two times, seven”
4:08 – “It will mark the 70th anniversary, 70th anniversary, drop the zero, seven, of the Bretton Woods Conference that actually gave birth to the IMF” (7 + 0 = 7)
4:22 – “And it will be the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, 25th..” (2 + 5 = 7)
4:38 – “It will also mark the 7th anniversary of the financial market jietters”
5:08 – “After those seven miserable years, weak and fragile”
5:14 – “We have seven strong years”
5:43 – “Now I don’t know if the G7 will have anything to do with it” (G is also the 7th letter of the alphabet)

bonechamberlain:
iro dome hype, they are hyping their defense system based on little rockets from Palestine, I pity that iron dome when it faces Russia's iskander or the u.s hell fire missiles.

BishopMagic:
Christine Lagarde's press address on January 15th, 2015.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYmViPTndxw
1:22 – “Now I’m going to test your numerology skills by asking you to think about the magic seven”
1:34 – “Most of you will know that seven is quite a number
2:24 – “2014, you drop the zero, fourteen, two times, seven”
4:08 – “It will mark the 70th anniversary, 70th anniversary, drop the zero, seven, of the Bretton Woods Conference that actually gave birth to the IMF” (7 + 0 = 7)
4:22 – “And it will be the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, 25th..” (2 + 5 = 7)
4:38 – “It will also mark the 7th anniversary of the financial market jietters”
5:08 – “After those seven miserable years, weak and fragile”
5:14 – “We have seven strong years”
5:43 – “Now I don’t know if the G7 will have anything to do with it” (G is also the 7th letter of the alphabet)

The biggest nightmare you ever had is about to happen on an infinite scale on Sept 13.


Pray to God and Jesus for guidance.

BishopMagic:




The biggest nightmare you ever had is about to happen on an infinite scale on Sept 13.


Pray to God and Jesus for guidance.

I don't understand what u just wrote. all I can say is that for now no g7 its g6

bonechamberlain:
I don't understand what u just wrote. all I can say is that for now no g7 its g6

Follow the rabbit and it will show you how deep the hole goes.


An epoch event is about to happen. The Americans, West and Israel knows about it.


You will need all your faith in God to survive and not believe the lie they will usher in as from Sept 13.


That is all I have to say.


Go to TDV and read.


Google CERN and find out what they are up to.

The Vatican is now aligned to Islam and the concept of new age religion and homosexuality. Now you know why the last pope quit.


We are living in the most dangerous and epoch period of humanity.


They Devil is about to make his entry as world saviour.

Maitreya will emerge as the Imam Mahdi.


This is all I can say. The rest you need to find out for yourself.

Israel will officially occupy Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on Sept 13, 2015.



Sept. 13, 2015 marks The Jubilee Year.



It is the 7th anniversary of the Sabbatical year.


49yrs ago in another Jubilee year Israel defeated Her arab neighbours in a 6 day war.

In 1917 another Jubilee year, the Ottoman empire was destroyed by the British paving way for the establishment of the Israeli state.


Israel is preparing for war after she takes over Jerusalem.

Am always pretty fascinated by the iron doom tech. They always boost that yahweh's hand is on it.

johnydon22:
You are infinitely stuupid....
ina echu ndi igbo afa eba kam gwa gi eziokwu..

Why are there so many distance between you and common sense

nwayoo bro, he just made a comment.

BishopMagic:
Israel will officially occupy Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on Sept 13, 2015.



Sept. 13, 2015 marks The Jubilee Year.



It is the 7th anniversary of the Sabbatical year.


49yrs ago in another Jubilee year Israel defeated Her arab neighbours in a 6 day war.

In 1917 another Jubilee year, the Ottoman empire was destroyed by the British paving way for the establishment of the Israeli state.


Israel is preparing for war after she takes over Jerusalem.

The US and 5 world powers just signed a nuclear deal with iran(isreal's nemesis).whatever war that may be fought in the middle east,within this period wld be a non-substantial war...probably skirmishes between IDF and hamas/hezbollah..isreal cant risk a major showdown in the middle east,,especially now that relations with the obama regime isnt solid...besides,isreal isnt the only country in the world preparing for war....yesterday, russia agreed to upgrade their S300 surface to air missle defence system for shipments to iran...,,US/SOUTH KOREA are currently or abt to hold their annual war drills near the north korean border.almost all major powers are involved in one military activity or the other,,so there's nothing special abt isreal preparing for war...

menesheh:
Am always pretty fascinated by the iron doom tech. They always boost that yahweh's hand is on it.

the iron dome is built against small projectiles like rockets..it hasnt been tested with the SHAHAB missiles or missiles that can maneuver itself e.g russia's ISKANDER..

fineguy11:
the iron dome is built against small projectiles like rockets..it hasnt been tested with the SHAHAB missiles or missiles that can maneuver itself e.g russia's ISKANDER..

yea but don't forget that it is so powerful and capable of withstanding any form of short and unguided rockets on ballistic trajectories.