What Is Israel’s Iron Dome Anti-Rocket System?

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 3,000 rockets into Israel on Saturday, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a declaration of war. The vast majority however caused little or no harm, largely because of Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system. It has an intercept rate of about 90%, according to the Israeli military. Iron Dome was created to cope with mortars and rockets shot into Israel at relatively close range by militants in Gaza and by anti-Israel fighters in Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah. Its first interception was in April 2011 when it shot down a Grad rocket fired from Gaza into the Israeli city of Ashkelon. It has since intercepted thousands of rockets. -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/BloombergTV Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktakeNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake