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Army Activates Two Units To Use The New Iron Dome System

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 13th, 2020

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Army Activates Two Units To Use The New Iron Dome System

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.

The Army said Friday it has activated two air defense artillery batteries at Fort Bliss in Texas that will evaluate the new Iron Dome system from Israel for potential integration into the service’s air and missile defense architecture. The new units are tasked with training on Iron Dome over the next year and working on integration of the system with the future Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), as the Army prepares to field the first interim capability by late 2021.…

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