The highly talked about Iron Dome has become the hero behind the Israeli Defense Force's efforts to defend innocent civilians. The part-automatic, part-human rocket defense system takes out upward of 90 percent of its targets.
There are a few folks behind the controls though, and a few different pieces to the machine, so check out a simple explanation about how the Dome works:
Produced by Robert Libetti
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