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Iron Dome System

Context

Israel's multilayered air-defence system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles.

About

  • Iron Dome is a short-range anti-rocket, anti-mortar, and anti-artillery system with an intercept range of 2.5 to 43 miles and was developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems of Israel.
  • Each Iron Dome battery is designed to defend a 60-square-mile populated area and can be moved as threats change.

Israel has a four-layered air defence network to tackle a range of projectiles, short-range mortars, rockets and long-range ballistic missiles.

  • Iron Dome (short range)
  • David’s Sling (low to mid-range)
  • Arrow II (upper-atmospheric)
  • Arrow III (exo-atmospheric)

India’s Missile Defence Systems

  • 1st layer (Endo): The single stage solid rocket-propelled Advanced Air Defence (AAD) low-altitude interceptormissile. (Ashwin)
  • 2nd layer(Exo): Prithvi Air Defense Vehicle known as Pradyumna Ballistic Missile Interceptor is designed to destroy missiles with ranges 300-2000 km at exo-atmosphere (about 80km altitude).
  • For higher altitudes upto 150 km, Agni-V-based ballistic interceptors would be used. (because of 5000km range)
  • S-400: It has a range of up to 400 km, at an altitude of up to 30 km and can engage up to 36 targets simultaneously, with four different types of missiles.
  • Project Kusha: Project Kusha led by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an ambitious defence initiative by India aimed at developing its long-range air defence system by 2028-29.

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