US Army prepares to choose homes for Iron Dome weapons
By Jen Judson
Mar 29, 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will soon decide what’s next for its two Iron Dome batteries, procured as an interim cruise missile defense capability while the service builds its Indirect Fires Protection Capability system, according to officials in charge of missile defense modernization and fielding.
The Iron Dome system, produced by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and American firm Raytheon Technologies, was deployed to Guam last year from mid-October through November as part of Operation Iron Island. The deployment was meant to test the system’s capabilities as well as train and refine the deployment capabilities of air defenders.
The effort also fulfilled the requirement in the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that an Iron Dome battery deploy to an operational theater by the end of 2021.
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