Known as "Iron Dome," Israel's new defense system has been called "a game-changer" because of its ability to destroy enemy rockets in the air The following script is from "Iron Dome" which aired ...

Israel's much-acclaimed air defence system, the Iron Dome, has been tested like never before against multiple waves of Iranian missiles.

For the U.S., an Iron Dome’s usefulness is limited because the system is designed to combat threats such as those faced by Israel, a small nation hemmed in by enemies.

Raytheon claims the Iron Dome has destroyed thousands of unguided rockets fired from Gaza and Lebanon into Israel since 2011. The first missile interception from the Iron Dome came on July 14, 2011, ...

And Iron Dome has been disastrous for Israel in yet another way: Without doubt, the pictures of massive destruction in Gaza in the wake of the limited Israeli air and ground response to the Hamas ...

Each Iron Dome interceptor missile costs around $50,000, while some of the rockets it is designed to destroy, such as those made by Hamas, can cost just a few hundred dollars.

And while the Iron Dome is a defensive system, to us it represents our own defenselessness. We of course don't have our own Iron Dome, which means that my home, Gaza, is pummeled every time there ...

The Iron Dome acts as a shield to protect Israel's citizens against air threats. The missile defense system has been highly effective at intercepting rockets, drones, and missiles aimed at Israel.

The Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah is estimated to have stockpiles of up to 200,000 missiles. They would likely be able to breach Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system, experts say. But ...

U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the region, said U.S. forces destroyed more than 80 drones and at least six ballistic missiles. ... the short-range Iron Dome, ...

An Iron Dome battery runs $50 million, with each missile in the neighborhood of $40,000 to $100,000 (estimates vary). Even the more sophisticated rockets launched by Hamas cost considerably less.

For threats beyond the Iron Dome’s reach, Israel employs a secondary layer of defense known as David’s Sling. Named after the biblical tale of David, who defeated Goliath with a simple sling ...