US Army Signals Israel’s Iron Dome Isn’t The Answer
“It was developed for a very specific threat and it does incredible things...we intend to operate it differently -- in support of an Army on the move. It’s not just going to be static.â€
By Paul McLeary on October 15, 2019 at 5:33 PM
AUSA: The Army doesn’t want to buy any more Iron Dome air defense systems, but if it may have to buy more of the Israeli-made system if it can’t get its own program up and running by 2023.
The purchase of the Israeli system this summer was meant to fill a gap the Army has in defeating shorter-range missiles, but Congress imposed a 2023 deadline in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act for the American service to develop its own system or it would have to buy more Iron Domes.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/10/us-army-signals-israels-iron-dome-isnt-the-answer/
