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U.S. Army Engages 8 Cruise Missile Targets in First Live Fire of ‘Iron Dome’

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U.S. Army Engages 8 Cruise Missile Targets in First Live Fire of ‘Iron Dome’
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U.S. Army Engages 8 Cruise Missile Targets in First Live Fire of ‘Iron Dome’

Iron Dome in live fire
The U.S. Army, together with the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) today announced the successful first life fire of its Iron Dome air defense system engaging eight cruise missile targets.
Soldiers from the Army’s 3-43 Air Defense Artillery (ADA) successfully engaged eight cruise missile surrogate targets as part of a coordinated performance test and live fire event. The 3-43 Battalion (BN) is the first unit to undergo New Equipment Training, and execute live fire tests with the newly acquired interim cruise missile defense system.
The Army took a critical step toward fielding the first of two Iron Dome Defense System-Army (IDDS-A) batteries. IDDS-A will defend supported forces within fixed and semi-fixed locations against sub-sonic Cruise Missiles, Groups 2 &3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Rockets, Artillery and Mortar threats, a U.S. Army release said
U.S. Army Engages 8 Cruise Missile Targets in First Live Fire of ‘Iron Dome’

Iron Dome battery
In August 2019, the United States and Israel signed an agreement for the procurement of two IDDS-A batteries to defend deployed US forces against various aerial threats. The IDDS-A systems were delivered in 2020, and have undergone a process of acceptance testing and operator training over the past months.
The US Army plans to field both IDDS-A batteries as an interim cruise missile defense solution, while continuing to acquire an enduring Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 (Inc2) system. Future variants of the IFPC program include technology insertions such as directed energy, which will provide a critical protection capability against sub-sonic Cruise Missiles, Groups 2 &3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Rockets, Artillery and Mortars threats.
 
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why people think cruise missiles will be fired at start if some serious powers fight with each others
 
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This sound like a significant uplift in 'mission capability' of the Iron Dome system. Impressive.
why people think cruise missiles will be fired at start if some serious powers fight with each others
Cruise missiles provide much opportunity to penetrate and engage 'high-value targets' in a 'contested environment'.
 
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