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March 25, 2013

Israel: Iron Dome shootdown rate disputed
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 22, 2013
Israel showcased its much-vaunted Iron Dome anti-missile system for U.S. President Barack Obama when he visited this week but in recent days the U.S.-funded system's declared shoot-down rate of 84 percent has been challenged by several scientists. The conclusion was the kill rate was "more like 5 to 10 percent." That could have a critical effect on long-term U.S. funding not only for Iron Dome, developed and produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, but for other systems supp ... read more

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