OVERVIEW:  The Iron Dome SAM battery is a self-propelled, all-weather, multilayered counter rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) and very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) system. 

DETAILS:  The Iron Dome is intended to be part of an integrated multi-tiered missile defense system that includes the Arrow, Iron Beam and David's Sling systems.  While scanning, the detection and tracking unit radar scans a defined sector in the sky.  After target detection, the system can rapidly respond, performing target acquisition in less than a second and launching an interceptor rocket within one second. It is capable of handling multiple simultaneous threats, and can distinguish and reject targets that do not threaten populated areas.  The system has a 85% intercept rate.       
       

Specifications:

Maximum Acquisition Range: 	 2-38 nm (v. rockets and mortars); 5nm (v. VSHORADs)
Maximum Tracking Range:		 unkn nm 
Engagement Envelope:		 32,800 feet (altitude),  unkn nm range
Max Target Speed: 		 unkn knts (head on);  unkn knts (tail-chase)
Reload Time:			 unkn minutes
Mobility:			 Mobile


NOTES: IOC: 2011   

SOURCES:  IHS. "Iron Dome." Land Warfare Platforms: Artillery & Air Defence, 28 December 2016 ; 
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