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New Iron Dome Boasts 100 Percent Success Rate in Trials


(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross - Israel's Defense Ministry on Sunday said it had conducted a series of successful interception trials with an upgraded version of the Iron Dome air defense system. "We have completed a series of tests with a success rate of 100%," said Pini Yungman, a vice president at Rafael, one of the manufacturers of the Iron Dome. The upgraded model will be delivered to the IDF shortly. The Iron Dome, introduced in 2010, has performed over 2,400 successful interceptions, with a success rate of over 85%.
2020-01-13 00:00:00
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