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- Israel has claimed that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has fired at least 90 rockets into southern Israel.It said that it’s Iron Dome aerial defence system had intercepted dozens of the incoming rockets and shot many of them.
- The Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather air defence system developed by Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from short distances.
- The system detects rockets 4 to 70 km away and will engage with interceptors to destroy targets mid-air.Iron Dome operates day and night,under adverse weather conditions and can respond to multiple threats simultaneously.
- The Dome has three central components – detection and tracking radar, the weapon control system and missile firing unit.There are 10 Iron Dome batteries that protect Israel and each battery includes three to four stationary launchers with 20 Tamir missiles and a battlefield radar.
- Tamir missiles feature electro-optical sensors and steering fins with proximity fuze blast warheads that explode on contact with another missile.



