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Air & Missile Defense Systems
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60 Years Of Proven Experience

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Double Layers Missile Defense

MRR, LRR , SRBM

David Sling

SR Rockets

Iron Dome

Proprietary of Rafael - Advanced Defense Systems Ltd 3

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Four Layers of Air Defense

Long Range
DAVID SLING

Medium Range ADS – 50 KM

SPYDER-MR

Short Range Mobile ADS –

> 20 KM
SPYDER-SR

VeryShort Range Mobile ADS

> 10 KM
IRON DOME
Interoperability,
Proprietary of RafaelConnectivity, Commonality
- Advanced Defense Systems Ltd 4

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Multi Layer Missile Defense Systems

Iron Dome

5 ‫נובמבר‬2009
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Iron Dome
Defense System Against
Artillery Rockets, Shells & Mortars
with ranges of up to 70 Km and over

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Iron Dome Mission

The “Iron Dome” System is designed to intercept and

destroy short range artillery rockets, shells & mortars with
ranges of up to 70Km and over launched against a
defended area.

Defended Areas:
Urban Areas, Strategic Assets & Force Protection
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Iron Dome – Main Advantages

• All weather operation

• Cost Effective solution
• Ignoring rockets predicted to hit un-protected areas
• Effective against salvo threats aimed at “Defended zone“
• High protective footprint
• Threats are destroyed outside the protected area
• Threat warhead detonated on its trajectory

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Iron Dome – Main Advantages

• Mobility
• Interoperability with other systems

• Interceptors are maintenance free with life cycle of 15 years

The system can be operated also as VSHORAD !

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Iron Dome - System components

TAMIR Interceptor
BMC
MFU

mMMR Vehicle Comms shelter

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Interceptor
All weather operation (Active RF seeker)

Unique warhead and proximity fuze

Midcourse guidance using threat data from FCR, via uplink

Unique solid Rocket Motor

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MFU (Missile firing unit)

• 20 ready to fire missiles
– 4 magazines of 5 interceptors each

• Quick reload time

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FCR
Derivative of MMR hardware and software

Small, lightweight & mobile tactical FCR

Sector mode operation

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BMC
Battery BMC & Regional BMC

Synchronized and clear tactical picture

Fire planning and control

Resource optimization and management

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BMC Shelter
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Target Acquisition ``
Launcher -3 Interceptor
Launch

Interceptor Destination
Tracking

Launcher -2 Detection

Midcourse update
from the BMC
BMC

Launcher -1

Radar
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Interception flow of events

• FCR Threat Detection and Tracking

• FCR Transfer the threat data to the BMC

• BMC Threat data analysis –

– Ground Impact Point (GIP) calculation

– Threat estimation

– BMC engagement decision & planning

• Launch command to relevant MFU & Interceptor launch

• Midcourse guidance (target & interceptor data via uplink)

• Terminal guidance

• Target warhead detonation

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Interception Test (July 2009)

• Successful interceptions of short range rockets

• Significant project milestone

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Target (122mm)

Interceptor

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System Test 1.5 (December 2009)

• All the system components were operated together

• Variety of interceptions scenarios –

– Short range rocket interceptions (Kassam, Grad, 107mm…)
– Medium range rocket interceptions
– Multiple engagements vs. salvos (“many vs. many”)

• Successful preferential engagement demonstration

– Only the “relevant” targets were engaged
– All the relevant targets were destroyed
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System Test 2 (July 2010)

• All the system components were operated together
including the operational system of IAF

• Targets interception in the performance envelope margins

• System robustness in various scenarios against variety of

target types (Kassam, Grad, …):
– Short interval salvo
– Targets launching from various directions simultaneous
– Timeline scenario
– Long range targets

• Operational Communication and Connectivity

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Test 2 Summary

• System Test 2 has been completed successfully:

• Final development test
• Complex and Challenging test
• Full capabilities were tested

• All test goals achieved:

• System capabilities were proved in all scenarios
• Full Operational Communication and Connectivity
were proved successfully.

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Summary
• Unprecedented pace of weapon system development

• Multiple innovative & breakthrough solutions enable a cost

effective defense system

• The systems have been already delivered to the IAF

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Thank You

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