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Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּיפַּת בַּרְזֶל, kipat barzel) is a mobile all-weather air defense system designed by [Rafael Advanced Defense Systems][http://www.rafael.co.il]. It was developed to intercept and destroy artillery shells and short-range rockets fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometers away. The system, created as a defensive countermeasure to the rocket threat against Israel's civilian population, uses technology first employed in Rafael's SPYDER system. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a Grad rocket launched from Gaza for the first time. The Jerusalem Post reported on 10 March 2012, that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza it fired at (rockets which will land in unpopulated areas are ignored).

Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּיפַּת בַּרְזֶל, kipat barzel) is a mobile all-weather air defense system designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems [Rafael Advanced Defense Systems][http://www.rafael.co.il]. It was developed to intercept and destroy artillery shells and short-range rockets fired from distances of 4 to 70 kilometers away. The system, created as a defensive countermeasure to the rocket threat against Israel's civilian population, uses technology first employed in Rafael's SPYDER system [http://www.rafael.co.il/Marketing/186-704-en/Marketing.aspx]. Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed on 27 March 2011 near Beersheba. On 7 April 2011, the system successfully intercepted a Grad rocket launched from Gaza for the first time. The Jerusalem Post reported on 10 March 2012, that the system shot down 90% of rockets launched from Gaza it fired at (rockets which will land in unpopulated areas are ignored).