Profile
- Type
- Mobile short-range air-defense and counter-rocket system
- Conflict side
- Israel
- Origin
- Israel
- Service note
- 2010s-present
Air Defense
Iron Dome air-defense system
Iron Dome is an Israeli mobile air-defense system built to defeat short-range rockets, artillery threats, and some UAVs. In the Israel-Hamas War it has been a core defensive layer protecting Israeli towns and cities from repeated rocket fire launched from Gaza.
Service History
- In service
- Operational in Israel since 2011.
- Used by
- Israeli Air Defense Array
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Designer
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems / Israel Aerospace Industries
- Designed
- 2007
- Built in
- Israel
- Variants
- C-Dome
Specifications
- Interceptor
- Tamir interceptor
- Battery composition
- Battery with 3-4 launchers plus battle-management system and fire-control radar
- Launcher load
- Up to 20 Tamir interceptors per launcher
- Engagement range
- Up to about 70 km against short-range aerial threats
- Radar
- EL/M-2084 multi-mission radar
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: IsraelRole: Short-range rocket, missile, and UAV air defense
Fielded by Israel in the Israel-Hamas War to intercept rockets fired from Gaza and other aerial threats threatening Israeli population centers.
Iron Dome air-defense system Images
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Iron Dome (Israel)Publisher: CSIS Missile Threat | Note: Supports system background and specifications including battery composition, launcher load, Tamir interceptor dimensions, engagement range, and radar components. | Accessed: 2026-06-20IRON DOME Family brochurePublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Supports manufacturer background for the Iron Dome family and official system context from the prime contractor. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Daily Recap: Hamas - Israel War October 15th, 2023 (18:00)Publisher: Israel Defense Forces | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War use: Iron Dome was fielded by Israel and continued intercepting rockets fired at Israeli towns and cities during the Israel-Hamas War. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons IDF Iron Dome 2021Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for the primary Iron Dome launcher image, credited to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Operation Breaking Dawn IXPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance page for a Tamir interceptor launch photograph associated with Iron Dome and Tamir categories on Wikimedia Commons. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Iron Dome Our IDF 2018Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for an Iron Dome photograph published on Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20