Iron Beam, officially Laser Dome in English and Eitan's Light in Hebrew, is a directed-energy air defense system developed by Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It was unveile
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Iron Beam's (Or Eitan) laser "cannon"
Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, White Sands, 2017
Ambassador Tom Nides with IDF and US Defense personnel before the aerial defense system at Ben Gurion Airport, 13 July 2022
The Iron Dome is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-r
Iron Beam
…and was scheduled to be deployed in October 2025, but was actually deployed December 2025. It has a range of up to 10 km (6.2 mi), complementing the Iron Dome system which was designed to intercept missiles launched from a greater distance. In addition, the system could also intercept unmanned aerial vehicles…
Iron Dome launches an interceptor, 2021.
The EL/M-2084 active electronically scanned array scaled down derivative radar of the Iron Dome
US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome in 2011.
An example of an interceptor missile used by Iron Dome