Israel has made it clear that it is ready to give its special and high-tech defense shield Iron Dome to the UAE. If this happens, then the UAE will be the first Arab country to have this very special weapon of Israel. The Iron Dome was discussed a lot last year. Then the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas fired thousands of rockets towards Israel. But, Iron Dome shot down all these rockets in the air. The accuracy of this system is considered to be more than 90%.
At this time, understand the meaning of this announcement,
the President of Israel was on a visit to the UAE on Sunday. Meanwhile, a rocket was fired from the Houthi rebels of Yemen towards Abu Dhabi. It was shot down by a missile interceptor from UAE. This was the third rocket attack on Abu Dhabi in a month. Three people were killed in the first attack. Among them were two Indians and one Pakistani national.
However, after Sunday’s rocket attack, UAE journalists asked Israeli officials whether Israel could give its very special Iron Dome defense system to the UAE. Answer: Yes. The Houthi rebels have the support of Iran. Iran is enemy number 1 for Israel and UAE.
According to a report in Israel’s planning
‘Times of Israel’, talks on the Iron Dome deal between Israel and the UAE government were going on since last month and it is almost final. It can be announced at any time. At present, Abu Dhabi has South Korea’s missile defense system, but it is not as effective as the Iron Dome. If the UAE acquires this system, then it will also be very powerful in terms of countering Iran.
New agreement of new friendship
Diplomatic relations between the two countries have been made only last year. For this, the then US President Donald Trump played a very important role. So far five Arab countries have recognized Israel. According to a media report, Saudi Arabia is also secretly in contact with Israel and may soon buy Iron Dome for its protection.
How the Iron Dome Idea Came
In 2006, 4000 rockets were fired at northern Israel during the Israel-Lebanon War. At the same time, in 2000 and 2007, 4000 rocket attacks were also carried out by Gaza on southern Israel. To avoid these attacks, Israel got the idea of such a technique, in which the rocket attack could be detected and thwarted.
works like this
- The Iron Dome system first identifies the rocket.
- It then checks the range and direction of the target area.
- After this the warning siren is sounded. After the siren, the local people have 30 to 90 seconds to go to the safe places.
- Anticipating the damage, the Iron Dome operators then launch a counter missile and destroy the rocket in the air.
