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Israel Developing Sea-Based Iron Dome

By Marc Selinger

Friday, July 15th, 2016

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Israel Developing Sea-Based Iron Dome

Iron Dome in action. Photo: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Israel is developing a naval version of its land-based Iron Dome system to defend its offshore gas fields against short-range rockets.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in late May that the Israeli Navy had successfully completed a test aboard a Sa’ar-5 corvette of a prototype of the sea-based Iron Dome, known as Tamir Adir or C-Dome. During the test, “multiple” short-range rockets were fired from shore, the IDF said. An Adir radar classified the rockets as threats, and Tamir interceptors…

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