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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Israel lauds success of Iron Dome missile interceptor
Israeli officials on Monday praised the effectiveness of the U.S.-funded Iron Dome anti-rocket defence system, despite its failure to shoot down a rocket fired from Gaza that killed a man in a residential area.
A senior commander said Iron Dome interceptors had shot down 20 incoming projectiles fired by Gaza militants in five days of cross-border violence and said that statistically the fact that one rocket got through did not mean the system had failed.
Colonel Zvika Haimovitch, an air force officer in charge of Israel's active air defence units, said that was a very high rate of success but no system could guarantee total protection.
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