How does Israel's Iron Dome work?

(NewsNation) — The inspiration for President Trump's planned "Golden Dome" has agelong protected Israel from foreign aerial attacks.

Israel's Iron Dome, established successful 2011, uses radar to observe missiles and attempts to destruct them with Israeli missiles.

Per Israel’s Ministry of Defense, it is susceptible of handling aggregate rockets simultaneously. The Iron Dome is the astir celebrated of Israel's rocket shields.

Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, the Iron Dome performed its archetypal interception of a rocket from Gaza successful April 2011.

Since, it has intercepted much than 5,000 rockets and has a occurrence complaint of greater than 90%, per Rafael. It intercepts short-range rockets, specifically betwixt 2 1/2 and 43 miles away.

The Iron Dome uses multimission radar to observe a rocket’s route. The system’s bid and power halfway analyzes the rocket's trajectory and its estimated landing area, according to Israel’s Ministry of Defense.

Then, Israel's rocket is launched and it explodes adjacent the incoming rocket with the anticipation of destroying it.

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