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Escalation in the South
The Events Over the Weekend
The “Iron Dome” System
April 10th 2011
•Two civilians were injured, one criticallyand another moderately, when an Anti-Tank Kornet missile was specifically
fired ataschool busin southern Israel onThursday.
•Inresponsetothismissileattack,IDFtargets15terrorsitesand11terrorcellsintheGazaStrip.
•TheKeremShalombordercrossingceasedoperationduetoescalationinthesouth.
•IronDomeinterceptseightrocketsfiredfromGaza.
•Since Thursday (April 7th.), terroristorganizations in the Gaza Strip havelaunchedmorethan120rocketsandmortarsintoIsraeliterritory.
•READ MORE ABOUT THE RECENT EVENTS
•Israel Air Force Identifies Terrorist SquadFiringfromCemeteryinSajaiya-Watch theVideo
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•The "Iron Dome" system is designed toprovide protection from STS (surface-to-surface)threats,throughtheinterceptionofshort-rangerockets.Thesystemisdesignedtoprovidedefensivesolutionsagainstawiderangeofthreats,whileminimizingtherisktoIsraelAirForcepilots.Itsmainadvantageistherelativelyshortdevelopmenttimeanditslowcost.READ MORE
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Escalation in the South - The Recent Events
School bus hit by anti-tank missile
Two civilians were injured, one critically and another
moderately,whenananti-tankmissilewasfiredataschool
busat theSa'ad junction in southern Israel onThursday
(Apr.7).Immediatelyfollowingtheattack,thewoundedwere
transportedbyhelicoptertoahospitalforfurthertreatment.
Accordingtoemergencyservices,authoritieswerenotified
oftheeventatapproximately15:05andambulanceswere
senttothescene.
The Home Front Command instructed residents in
communitiessurroundingtheGazaStriptoenterprotected
areasasa precautionagainst possible rocket fire.Around the sametimeas the attack on thebus,
terroristsfired16mortarshellsfromtheGazaStripwhichlandedinthewesternNegevregion.
IsraeliPresidentShimonPeres, said inresponseto theattacks that,"thisis another incidentwhich
provestheGazaStriphasturnedintoaterroristzone.NocountrywouldgiveupthesafetyofitscitizensandIsraelstandsfirmonitsrighttodefenditself.Hundredsofthousandsofmothersandchildrenin
southernIsraelcannotsleepatnightasaresultofrocketfirefromtheGazaStrip."
Followingtheattack,DefenseMinisterEhudBarakwasquotedsayingthathe"toldtheIDFtoimplement
allmeansnecessaryinordertorespondtothebusattackattheSa'adjunction."Barakaddedthathe
heldHamasresponsibleforanyattackoriginatingintheGazaStrip.
DuringthecourseofWednesdaynight(Apr.6),theIAFtargetedthreesmugglingtunnelsinthesouthern
GazaStripandaterrortunnelinthenorthernGazaStrip.Directhitswereconfirmed.
IDF targets 15 terror sites, 11 terror cells in the Gaza Strip
Inresponsetothemissileattackonschoolbusnear
KibbutzSa'adinsouthernIsraelonThursdayaswellas
continuedrocketandmortarfire,IDFforcescarriedout
anumberofstrikesintheGazaStripovertheweekend.
The IDF targeted eleven squads of terrorists in the
northernandsouthernGazaStrip,immediatelyfollowing
theirfiringofrocketsandmortarsattheIsraelihome
front.IAFaircraft targetedfifteen terror activitysites in the
GazaStrip,includingterrorinfrastructuresites,Hamas
outposts,smugglingtunnelsandweaponsmanufacturingandstoragefacilities.Directhitswereconfirmed.
Additionally,duringjointIDF-ISAactivities,IAFaircrafttargetedHamascommandersandoperatives,
includingaseniorHamasoperativeinthesouthernGazaStrip,TayserAbuSnima.Snimawasdirectly
andphysicallyinvolvedinthekidnappingofIsraelisoldierGiladShalit.Inaddition,heheldseveralmajor
rolesinthemilitarywingofHamasandwasinvolvedinasignificantnumberofterroristattacksagainst
IsraeliciviliansandIDFsoldiers.Mostrecently,hewasinchargeofexecutingaterrorattackfromSinai,
firingrocketsatthecityofEilat.
Watch the Video–IsraeliAirForceIdentifiesTerroristSquadFiringFromCemeteryinSajaiya.
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Kerem Shalom crossing closed due to escalation in the south
The KeremShalom border crossing between Israel
andtheGazaStriphasbeenclosedduetocontinuing
rocketfireandtheaccumulationofconcretesecurity
threatsagainstIDFsoldierswhooperatethecrossing.
TheKeremShalomcrossingisthemainentrypoint
forgoodsenteringtheGazaStrip.Ithasbeenclosed,
ontheorderofDefenseMinisterEhudBarak,sinceananti-tankmissileattackcarriedoutbyPalestinian
terroristsonaschoolbuslastThursday(Apr.7)atthe
Sa'adjunctionwoundedtwoIsraelicivilians.
Despitetheclosure,theGazaCoordinationandLiaisonAdministrationnotesthattherearestilllarge
suppliesoffoodandmedicalsuppliesinGazaandthatnoshortagesareexpectedinthecomingdays.
TheCoordinatorofGovernmentActivitiesintheTerritories(COGAT)reportsthatawoundedPalestinian
wastransferredonSunday(Apr.10)fromGazatoIsraelviatheErezcrossingtoreceivemedicalcare
atanIsraelihospital.ThePalestinianwasnotinvolvedinterrorismandwasaccidentallywoundedovertheweekendbyIDFfire.
Overtheweekend,threeambulancespassedthroughtheErezcrossingfromGazaintoIsrael.
In recent days, terrorist organizations in theGazaStriphave launchedmore than120 rockets and
mortarsintoIsraeliterritory.
Iron Dome intercepts eight rockets fired from Gaza
SinceThursday,soldiersoftheIAF'saerialdefense
networkhavesuccessfully interceptedeightrockets
usingtheIronDomesystem.
IAFCommander,Maj.Gen.IdoNechushtan,visited
thesiteoftheIronDomebatterydeployedinAshkelon
with Aerial Defense Network Commander, Brig.
Gen.DoronGavish,onSaturday(Apr.9).TheIAF
Commander spoke with the soldiers operating the
systemsaying,"Iamhappytohavestartedoutonthe
rightfootwithanumberofsuccessfulinterceptions
andIamsureyouunderstandtheimportanceofwhat
youaredoing."
Maj.Gen.NechushtanaddedthattheIronDomesystemisonlyatitspreliminarystagesofoperation
andthereisstillmuchtolearnaboutit."Thisisonlythebeginningofitsdeploymentandwehavetoput
thingsintoperspective.Youarekeepingcitizenssafeandwemustcontinuetobepreparedinevery
way."Withthat,hestressedthatthesoldiers"hadalreadymadeworldhistory."
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The “Iron Dome” SystemSystem Designation and Operational Necessity
The system is intended to operate under twomain scenarios: Day-
to-day,againstarealityofregularuseofsurface-to-surfaceweapons
againsttheStateofIsrael.Inanemergency,asituationwhichrequires
the verification of overall systemic function of the IDF and national
systems,whiledealing with the threat of anextensive and constant
steep-trajectorythreat.Features of the "Iron Dome" System
•Highsuccessrateinrocketinterception.
•Reducingthedamagesustainedbyareasundertheprotectivesphere.
•Highanduninterruptedoperationalavailabilityoverlongperiodsoftime.
•Systemiscapableofoperatingdayandnightinanyweatherconditions.
•Flexibilityandreadinessforchangeofmissionandchangeofpreparationforagivenmission.
•Minimalfalsealerts.
•Reasonableongoingmaintenancecosts.
•Responsetoanarrayofthreats,withoutneedtoadjustdifferentlyforeveryspecificsub-threat.
•Highredundancyandlong-lasting.
•Independence-abletoperformdefensivemissionsevenintheabsenceofdetectionarray.
•Mobile,safeanddurable.
•Abletocontinuemonitoringrelevantthreats,evenwhenthesearenotslatedforinterception,inorder
tosupportdeterrentdetectionmission.
Development of the "Iron Dome" System
TheprojectisleadbytheadministrationforResearchandDevelopmentofArmamentsandTechnological
Infrastructures(MAPAT).Themainindustriespartytotheprojectare:TheRafaelCorporation(chief
contractoranddeveloperofthelauncherandinterceptor);themPrestcorporation(sub-contractorfortheactualizationofthecommandandcontrolcenter);andtheALTAcorporation(sub-contractorforthe
radarandpowersystem).
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Developmentofthesystemwasbegunin2007byRafael,andinJanuary2010aninitialandsuccessful
seriesoftestswascompleted,includingthetestingoftargetdestructioncapabilities,interceptionof
targetsfromvariousranges,andinterceptionofavolleyoftargets.Asecondseriesoftestswascompleted
inJuly,andconcurrentwiththefinalindustrialdevelopment,theIDFisactingtoembedthesystemand
itsoperationalfitnessforusebytheIsraelAirForce.
Structure and Characteristics of the "Iron Dome" System
"Tamir"InterceptionMissile:Equippedwithanadvancedhomingheadandseveraldrivingsurfaces,
whichgiveithighmaneuverability.Itsmissionistodestroythetargetintheair.Themissileishighlycapableofinterceptinganythreateningrocketonthescene.
Inaddition,themissileiscapableofinterceptingtargetsinanyweatherconditions,andwasdesigned
tobehighlyeffectiveononehand,and(relatively)cheaptoproduceontheother.
Launcher:Independentunitdeployedinthefield,witheachsystemincludingseverallaunchers.The
launcherismobile,andtakesseveralminutestodeployandprepare.
FiringControlRadar:Themainsensorused toidentifytargetsandcontrol firingin the "IronDome"
system.Identifiesarocketlaunchandtransmitsthedataregardingitstrajectorytothecontrolcenter.
InterceptionManagementCenter:Thisis theheartof the"IronDome"system,whichcalculatesthe
expectedimpactlocation,itsfunctionistobringabouttheinterceptionofthetargets,andbasedonthe
overallthreatassessment,toprioritizetargetsaccordingtothepre-definedpolicy,causingtheinterceptor
tohomeinonthetargetinasafemanner.TheInterceptionManagementCenterishometothesoldiers
operatingthesystemwhoareincontactwiththerelevantcommandandcontrolauthorities.
Integration of the "Iron Dome" system within the Israel Air Force
Duetotheprojectbeingregardedasanemergencyproject,workonintegratingthe"IronDome"system
withintheAirDefenseCorpsheadquartersbeganconcurrentlywiththedevelopmentofthesystem.
Inthefirstphasewespecifiedthesystemrequirements,itsoperationalconcept,definedtherequired
manpower and the structure of the unit. In the next phase a startup nucleuswas established that
integratedinthedevelopingindustries,becameinvolvedintheindustrialdevelopmentandformedthe
basisofthecreationofthe"IronDome"unitwithintheIsraelAirForceAirDefenseCorps.
Upontheformationoftheunit,boththecorpsandunitembarkedonintensiveactivitydesignedtobring
thesystemtooperationalstatusasearlyaspossible,includingthecompositionofoperatingprocedures
andacquisitionoftheprofessionalknowledge.
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