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Israel Shows Off Missile Defense Against Palestinian Rockets
(Washington Post) Joel Greenberg - To demonstrate Israel's new missile defense capabilities, the military took foreign journalists Thursday to the Palmachim air force base, south of Tel Aviv, for a rare look at its latest air defense weapons. A highlight was the Iron Dome system, designed to defend against short-range rockets that can travel up to 45 miles, which in its first operational deployment in April downed eight of nine rockets fired at Ashkelon and Beersheba by Palestinian militants in Gaza. Israel's multi-layered missile defense system also includes the Arrow for long-range ballistic threats and David's Sling, still under development, designed to intercept medium-range rockets.