The U.S. Army has announced the activation of two new air defense batteries that use the Iron Dome interceptor system. The batteries, based at Fort Bliss in Texas, will help protect systems such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system from attack. Iron Dome will likely deploy to South Korea, where it would protect THAAD forces there from North Korean rocket attack.
In 2000, the Israeli military started seeing a new, asymmetric threat from regional terrorist groups. Short-ranged rockets, each carrying a small high explosive warhead, were being smuggled to groups like Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Fired from the Gaza Strip, these rockets are inaccurate and poorly aimed. They're also difficult to detect before launch and are fired in large numbers, becoming an effective terror weapon....MORE
