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Originally Posted by Raellus
A couple of years ago, I saw a compelling piece on the national news about the Israeli Iron Dome system. It's apparently shot down dozens (maybe more , by now) of unguided rockets launched from Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Why can't something like Iron Dome which, from what I've read/seen about it, has achieved a remarkable success rate against unguided rockets, be adapted to counter ballistic missile warheads and such?
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Iron Dome has to be the most effective air defence system in the world. The US is helping to fund it and India and South Korea are interested in using it. The Israelis are working on increasing its range from 70km to 250km.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome
Israel is also developing a laser air defence system for projectiles to small for Iron Dome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Beam