Since 2012, Israel has received extensive funding for development of Iron Dome and other air defense systems. Iron Dome is now a joint initiative of the two countries, in which the US provides the finance and Israel provides the technological know-how and the operational experience.

At Davos, US President Trump says he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop taking credit” for the Iron Dome rocket defense system, as “it’s our technology.”

At Davos, Trump told Netanyahu to stop taking credit for Iron Dome, declaring it "entirely American" while revealing plans for a revolutionary "Golden Dome" defense system.

Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired into Israel, most from the Gaza Strip. On Tuesday, it appeared the defense system was being used to intercept missiles coming in ...

For years, the Iron Dome was seen as nearly unstoppable a shield with a 90% interception rate that protected Israel from incoming threats. But on October 7th, that reputation shattered when a massive rocket barrage overwhelmed the system faster than it could respond.

Dr Daniel Gold, known as 'father' of Israel's Iron Dome air defense system is working on the advanced Iron Beam system.