Developed to protect Israel against rocket fire, the Iron Dome missile defense system is a story about confrontation with terrorism. Follow the develo…
In 2004, a four-year-old boy is killed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot by rocket fire from the neighboring Gaza Strip. In response, a red color alarm system is installed in Sderot, and the child's death prompts Israel's Ministry of Defense to examine how to further protect southern communities from rockets.
In 2007, the militant group Hamas comes to power in the Gaza Strip, and rocket fire increases throughout Israel's southern cities. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz, a resident of Sderot, decides to promote a defense solution, but is torn between an American laser system and an invention beyond anyone's imagination-Iron Dome.
Israel begins developing an imaginary missile defense system-in a remarkably short period of time: only three years. In 2011, Captain Maor Gabriel uses the system to intercept the first rocket over Ashkelon, and history seems to be changing. The Iron Dome system faces its greatest test yet with the conflict between Israel and Gaza known as Operation Protective Edge.
