{"id":33951,"date":"2023-10-24T19:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T19:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/24\/us-agrees-to-send-two-iron-dome-batteries-to-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:59:32","slug":"us-agrees-to-send-two-iron-dome-batteries-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/home\/2023\/10\/24\/us-agrees-to-send-two-iron-dome-batteries-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"US agrees to send two Iron Dome batteries to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon plans to send Israel<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2019\/08\/12\/its-official-us-army-inks-iron-dome-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\"> two Iron Dome missile defense systems<\/a> as the country continues to fight the militant group Hamas, according to a U.S. Defense Department official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transfer will aid Israel\u2019s air defense<b> <\/b>after Hamas on Oct. 7 launched a massive, coordinated attack \u2014 making it the deadliest day for Israel in 50 years. Some 1,400 Israelis have since been killed, and Hamas continues to fire rockets from the Gaza strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/10\/24\/is-israels-iron-dome-missile-defense-system-ironclad\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23296778782563.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system ironclad?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In just two weeks, Hamas has fired 7,000 rockets toward Israel, according to the Israeli military, more than any of the previous four wars since 2007.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we\u2019ve said previously, the U.S. will be flowing additional Iron Dome support to Israel,\u201d the official said. \u201cAs a result, the Department of Defense is currently engaged in planning to support the provision of U.S. Iron Dome batteries to Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army bought the two Iron Dome systems \u2014 manufactured by Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and co-developed by RTX \u2014 at the request of Congress several years ago. The purchase was meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2020\/11\/13\/iron-dome-batteries-activated-to-fill-cruise-missile-defense-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\">fill a gap in cruise missile defense while the Army developed a longer-term <\/a>countermeasure for various air and missile threats. But the service doesn\u2019t plan to purchase more Iron Domes or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/06\/01\/israel-intends-to-share-data-for-weaving-iron-dome-into-us-air-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\">to integrate the system<\/a> into its air defense architecture, Army officials have told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has scarcely used the two batteries it has. Army personnel<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/02\/15\/iron-dome-plans-being-finalized-as-us-army-begins-training-on-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"> trained with the Iron Dome systems at Fort Bliss, Texas<\/a>, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/10\/07\/iron-dome-heads-to-missile-defense-experiment-in-guam\/\" target=\"_blank\">one system deployed to Guam at the end of 2021<\/a> for a two-week exercise. Otherwise, the systems have sat with a unit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official, speaking on background to discuss the transfer, did not specify under what arrangement the batteries will be provided, nor did the official say whether the batteries will be returned to the U.S. should they survive combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently announced the Defense Department is also deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and Patriot air defense battalions to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By providing Iron Domes, the U.S. continues to widen the spigot of security aid entering Israel. In the week after Hamas\u2019 attack, Pentagon and Israeli officials announced the arrival of American aircraft stocked with air defense supplies and munitions. It has since expanded this aid to include artillery rounds, armored vehicles and precision-guided munitions, according to Israeli and American officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supply effort is just one stream in a larger outpouring of American support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One carrier strike group \u2014 led by the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford \u2014 has already deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean. Another is on its way to the Persian Gulf. Meanwhile, a Marine expeditionary unit and 2,000 troops are readying themselves to deploy within a day if given orders by the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/10\/18\/pentagon-iding-units-that-could-deploy-in-response-to-israel-hamas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden have all visited the country, pledging continued U.S. support. In a nighttime address from the Oval Office, the president asked Congress for more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2023\/10\/20\/biden-asks-for-defense-package-israel-ukraine-aukus-and-the-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">$100 billion in supplemental security aid, including $14.3 billion for Israel.<\/a> The aid so far has not come with conditions that Israel limit civilian casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, U.S. officials in the last week have publicly called on its closest Middle Eastern ally to obey the laws of war. As Israel retaliates, some 5,000 people in Gaza have been killed so far, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 2,000 rockets intercepted, Iron Dome is among the most statistically successful air defense system in the world, said Tom Karako, director of the missile defense project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a system that was built to defend [against] certain kinds of threats, especially the kinds of threats that Israel is facing,\u201d Karako said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each battery consists of three main parts: a radar, a command-and-control system, and the launchers that fire interceptors. 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