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Israel Upgrades Rocket Defense System
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Israel's fifth Iron Dome rocket defense battery, which will become operational within several weeks, features upgraded response time and interception range, Ynet learned Sunday. Another battery will be become operational by the summer of 2013. Since Iron Dome first became operational in April 2011, the system has intercepted over 100 Grad and Kassam rockets fired by Gaza terrorists at Israel. Iron Dome's seventh and eights batteries will be funded mostly by U.S. aid funds in 2013. Air Force officials have said in the past that about 13 Iron Dome batteries could offer Israel optimal coverage against short-range rocket fire.