Yet Iron Dome will not be near deployment until the middle of next year at the very earliest, ... Except there is nothing old-fashioned about Raytheon's Mark 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System, ...

The Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) is comparable to the Iron Dome, but instead of missiles, it rapid-fires bullets against incoming threats at sea and on land.

What is Israel's Iron Dome defence system? It works to detect incoming rockets, before determining its path and intercepting ...

The Phalanx System. ... An Israeli soldier guards an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights January 21, 2015. Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters.

November 7, 2013: In 2011, the U.S. Army asked American defense firms to develop a longer range weapon to use for base defense against rockets and mortar shells. Since 2006, the U.S. has been using a ...

The Iron Dome’s Raytheon and Rafael-built Tamir uses steering fins and ... such as Army efforts to mount a Phalanx area defense weapon on the back of a Tactical Truck such as a Heavy Expanded ...

Israel is working on Iron Beam which is Israel’s next-generation interception system that was scheduled to become operational by year’s end. The operational laser system is not an Iron Dome ...

Britain in talks to join Europe's new air defence system: Grant Shapps reveals new 'Sky Shield' would shoot down missile and drone strikes from foes such as Russia amid calls for our own Iron Dome ...