| March 2009: Israel successfully tested the missile defense system, though without yet actually intercepting an actual projectile | Following the October violence, the IDF conducted an inquiry into the Iron Dome's performance and discovered that a radar failure caused some of the interceptors to miss their targets, a problem since corrected |
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| Funding The initial funding and development of the Iron Dome system was provided and undertaken by Israel | During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, a number of Katyusha rockets struck but did not hit the refineries |
" Response by Palestinian militants Iron Dome launcher deployed near Ashkelon On 22 August 2011, Haaretz reported that according to Israeli security sources, Palestinian militants changed their rocket-launching tactics in an attempt to evade the two Iron Dome batteries deployed in southern Israel.
25| December 2011 accident On 26 December 2011, an accident occurred during a maintenance drill involving one of the systems | |
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| While praising American largess, the official said US planners have asked Israel to "point out honestly where the upper limit is in terms of what can be implemented" with the Iron Dome | There was no system like this, anywhere in the world, in terms of capabilities, speed, accuracy |