(Globes) Israel Defense reports that the U.S. and two Asian countries are interested in procuring Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, which proved its operational capability earlier this year. An Israeli defense source said the U.S. "now realizes that there has been a technological achievement that provides a response to a huge problem of theirs." One of Iron Dome's most important successes is its radar system which can distinguish between threats to a populated area and incoming rockets that will hit open ground, avoiding firing interceptors unnecessarily, and preventing the enemy from saturating defenses.
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