SpaceWar.com reports: “Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system is just one part of a multi-layered missile shield that the state has deployed and which again proved its worth against Iran’s missile barrage Tuesday.

The Israeli army said it intercepted a large number of the incoming missiles — 180 according to the army, while Iran said it had launched 200.

Where Iron Dome offers short-range protection against missiles and rockets, its counterparts David’s Sling and successive generations of Arrow missiles are Israeli-American tech built on billions in US aid to halt ballistic missiles…”