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US Plans To Provide Israel With Two Iron Dome Batteries

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

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US Plans To Provide Israel With Two Iron Dome Batteries

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

The U.S. is planning to provide Israel with two batteries of the Iron Dome air defense system, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday. “In addition to the security assistance to Israel that we’ve announced previously, I can confirm that, in addition to the Iron Dome interceptors we’re flowing to Israel, we’re also planning to provide the two U.S. Iron Dome systems currently in our inventory to Israel to help further bolster their air defense capabilities and protect citizens from rocket attacks,”…

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