In the face of Israel's continuous encroachment and cage blockade, the Palestinians have to create living space for themselves, so on October 7, local time in the Middle East, Hamas launched the Al-Aqsa flood operation, sending more than 5,000 rockets to Israel.
Although Hamas fired more than 5,000 rockets, most of them were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome system. Speaking of the Iron Dome defense system, it is Israel that is specifically designed for interception"Katyusha"and Kasan rocket artillery""Rocket defense system. Because of its superior performance and high interception rate, it has received wide attention from countries around the world, Iron Dome"The Iron Dome defense system is an all-weather, mobile rocket interception system developed by Rafael Defense Systems, an Israeli state-owned military enterprise, and the whole system is mainly composed of four components: launch, radar, control and monitoring, which can automatically detect incoming rockets and launch missiles to intercept them in the air. Iron Dome"Working principle: First, the radar detects the launch of the rocket and tracks its trajectory, and then the BMC calculates the landing point according to the detection data to determine whether it poses a threat to the set area;When a threat is determined, an interceptor missile is launched to detonate the rocket before it hits the ground. As a rule, a launch company can defend an area of up to 150 square kilometers.
Since 7 October, Hamas launched a campaign against Israel"Al-Aqsa floods"Since the beginning of the military operation, Israel has been hit by more than 5,000 rockets from Gaza"Iron Dome"Successfully intercepted 80 per cent of these rockets aimed at populated areas inside Israel.