(Jerusalem Post) Anna Ahronheim - U.S. Army soldiers completed the latest Iron Dome Defense System interception test at the White Sands missile range in New Mexico. In the test, soldiers detected, tracked and intercepted multiple cruise missile and drone targets. The Israeli Defense Ministry's Missile Defense Organization director, Moshe Patel, said the system "intercepted all the threats, while being interoperable with U.S. systems." The U.S. Army in 2018 purchased two batteries from Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems which included 12 launchers, two sensors, two battlement management centers and 240 interceptors.
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