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WHAT IS IRON DOME
- Iron Dome is Israel’s anti-missile system. This is a defensive countermeasure, operational since 2011, designed to defend against the threat of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, Syria, Sinai and Lebanon
Iron dome, what the Israeli anti-missile system is and how it works
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DEFENSE CAPABILITY
- To understand how Iron Dome works, you can see the reference period of last May in the graph: out of almost 1,500 rockets launched from Gaza, the majority did not arrive in Israel or were not considered “dangerous”. Iron Dome intercepted 437 of them, while only 20 were not intercepted
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MILITARY EXPENSES
- Israel is the second country in the world for military spending, even more than the USA. Only Qatar uses more funds for this sector
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COSTS COMPARISON
- Making a cost comparison, the rockets launched from the Gaza Strip cost 500 dollars each, each missile that Israel uses to shoot them down costs 50 thousand dollars
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HEZBOLLAH’S ARSENAL
- Hezbollah’s arsenal, which could be a threat to Iron Dome, from southern Lebanon, can count on 40 thousand short-range, 80 thousand medium-range and 30 thousand long-range missiles
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CAN IRON DOME FAIL?
- Hezbollah’s hypothetical launch capacity has grown significantly over the years. Numbers that could put the Iron Dome system in difficulty, even if this scenario would occur above all if Israel were to respond on multiple fronts, therefore perhaps having to simultaneously defend itself from Hamas launches from Gaza (from the South) and from Hezbollah in Lebanon (from the North )
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