Qassam rocket
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The Qassam rocket is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas.
Eight Qassam launchers, seven equipped with operating systems and one armed and ready to launch.
Rockets being exhibited
A Qassam rocket is displayed in Sderot town hall against a background of pictures of residents killed in rocket attacks
Iron Dome
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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
Qassam rocket
…warn civilians to take cover between 15 and 45 seconds before impact in an attempt to minimize the threat posed by the rockets. A system called Iron Dome, designed to intercept the rockets before they can hit their targets, has been in use since March 2011. A system based on lasers (Nautilus) was researched…
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