Israel, which has made Iron Dome to deadly drone, has successfully tested the laser missile defense system for the first time in the world. The name of this missile defense system has been given as ‘Iron Beam’. Which will replace Iron Dome. This laser-based missile defense system destroyed mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in a single attack.
The best part is, its one-time use only costs ₹267? It can prove to be a good defense option at a very low cost. It is being claimed that this laser weapon can be deployed on land, air and sea. Israel said that it may seem like a fantasy to the world, but today it has become a reality.
Let us tell you that Israel has been using the Iron Room system for many years to stop the rocket attack of Hamas. Israel was finding it very expensive to operate the Iron Dome. Hence a cheap defense system which would be very effective. The need has been known.
Israel has successfully test fired the new laser based air defense system ‘Iron Beam’. Rafael is using the Iron Beam directed-energy weapon system developed by Advanced Defense Systems and can go a long way in providing air defence. Israel has successfully tested ‘Iron Beam’, the new laser missile-defense system that can intercept a wide range of aerial objects starting from missiles, rockets, anti-tank missiles and even drones.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took to Twitter to announce the successful test of the Iron Beam. He tweeted, “Israel has successfully tested the new “Iron Beam” laser interception system. It is the world’s first energy-based weapon system that uses lasers to shoot down incoming UAVs, rockets and mortars at a cost of $3.50 per shot. Bennett said in February that Israel would start using the system within a year.
Israel has already developed or deployed a range of systems to intercept everything from long-range missiles to rockets launched from a few kilometers (miles) away. It has also outfitted its tanks with missile-defense systems.
Iron beam: how it works
Iron beam works on fiber laser system to destroy any aerial object. Israel states that its Iron Dome defense system has been a great success, with a 90% interception rate against incoming rocket fire. But officials say the system is expensive to deploy. Bennett has said that someone in Gaza can fire a rocket toward Israel for a few hundred dollars, but it costs tens of thousands of dollars for the Iron Dome to stop it.
Destroying Hamas rockets from the Gaza Strip cost a lot. That’s why Israel was trying to make better air defense system than this and now it has got success in it. It is believed that by releasing the video of Iron Defense System in Israel, it has given a strong message to its enemies like Iran and Hamas.
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