As tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran, both are preparing for the worst. The former, has the Iron Dome, but it doesn't intercept every missile.

The Iron Dome has a success rate of about 90 percent against incoming rockets. Iron Beam will attempt to close the remaining ...

Israel used all four tiers of its air defences — and help from allies — to block Iran's mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory on April 13, officials say. The Israeli and U.S ...

Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepts a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip on May 11, 2021. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images. Iron Dome launches guided missiles to intercept rockets ...

How Israel's Iron Dome works 02:18. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups fired more than 4,500 rockets toward Israel in the first three days after Hamas' deadly Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist ...

Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

The Iron Dome, Israel's air missile defense system, is capable of annihilating short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from up to 43 miles away by intercepting them mid-air.

Israel has a multi-tier air defense system, which means that it is not solely reliant on the Iron Dome; rather, it is only Israel’s primary defense from short-range missiles.

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on October 11, 2023. ... First photos of 101st Airborne soldiers testing the Army’s new rifles .

Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images. ... Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon in southern Israel, on Oct. 8, 2023.

The military has declined to comment on how many Iron Dome batteries are currently deployed. But as of 2021, Israel had 10 batteries scattered around the country, each able to defend a territory ...

Iron Dome intercept missiles are a critical element of Israel's air defenses, especially against rockets and mortars. JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images Israeli missile defense also evolved as ...