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As Iran Threatens to Attack, These Are Israel’s Air Defenses


Israel is braced for the possibility that Iran or its proxies will launch major missile or drone strikes on the country, based on intelligence assessments. Over the past decade-and-a-half, Israel has upgraded its air defenses considerably, adding new systems for interceptions of ballistic missiles fired from as far away as 2,400 kilometers. That range includes Yemen, Syria and Iraq, where militant groups allied with Iran are based, as well as Iran itself. While these new systems passed years of

Israel is braced for the possibility that Iran or its proxies will launch major missile or drone strikes on the country, based on intelligence assessments. Over the past decade-and-a-half, Israel has upgraded its air defenses considerably, adding new systems for interceptions of ballistic missiles fired from as far away as 2,400 kilometers. The most active and well-known of Israel’s air defenses is Iron Dome, which has intercepted thousands of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza since 2011.

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