US may buy Iron Dome to defend ME bases

01.12.2011                      05.Kislev. 5772

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US may buy Iron Dome to defend ME bases

US Army is interested in using the Iron Dome outside bases in Iraq and Afghanistan that could potentially be targeted by Katyusha rockets.

The United States Army will decide in January if it is purchasing the Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, used successfully over the past year along the border with the Gaza Strip.
The Jerusalem Post reported in early November that the US was in talks with the Defense Ministry about the possible procurement of the system, which has already been sold to Singapore, according to foreign reports….