Category Archives: Iron Dome

Posted on November 21, 2012 by aviationintel.com

SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY: GAZA CEASE FIRE REACHED, TIME FOR A FULL SCALE DIPLOMATIC ASSAULT ON MAKING IT LAST AND THEN SOME

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/world/meast/gaza-israel-strike/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 In what may become one of the best developments in the Middle East in the last few years, it looks as if (tentatively) that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Egypt’s Morsi Government, Hamas and Israel have reached a deal … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on November 20, 2012 by aviationintel.com

HAMAS ROCKET BARRAGES & THAWING PEACE AT ITS BORDERS: ISRAEL GETS TOUGH IN THE AGE OF IRON DOME

I cannot tell if what is playing out the skies above Gaza and Southern Israel right now seems more like it is out of a dystopian science fiction novel or the Bible. Regardless, these videos of Hamas and affiliated militia … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 22, 2012 by aviationintel.com

HOW IS EACH IRON DOME INTERCEPTOR ROUND SO CHEAP?

After a some discussion in the comments section and a few emails from my uber-intelligent readers it seems we have come to a bit of a conundrum.  A single strap-on Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GPS guided bomb kit, a … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 20, 2012 by aviationintel.com

ISRAEL’S IRON DOME ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM IS A MASSIVE OPERATIONAL SUCCESS BUT IS IT ALSO A FISCAL NIGHTMARE?

The truly amazing defense capability that a system like Iron dome offers, the ability to neuter 80-90% of rockets fired at Israel’s citizens from standoff range, may be a game changer, but it is necessarily a game finisher? Each Iron … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on September 30, 2011 by aviationintel.com

Iron Dome Goes Multirole

What an amazing weapon system the Israelis have created. It seems the most game changing weapons emerge out of an absolute necessity as opposed to a basic “requirement…’ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israels-iron-dome-gains-anti-aircraft-role-362630/

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Posted on August 22, 2011 by aviationintel.com

‘IRON DOME’ OVERWHELMED

Israel’s highly controversial and very expensive ‘Iron Dome’ rocket defense system is being tested by extremist militant groups to its very limits. At $65,000 per round to hard kill a $500 rocket, its one expensive piece of mind that Israel has a … Read the rest of this entry →

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