How an Iron Dome Missile works

 

Real Incident of Iron Dome against a threat (source-smh.com)

What is actually an Iron Dome?

Iron Dome is a mobile defence system designed to take out short-range rockets fired up to 70 kilometres away, no matter the weather. The defence system is a successful investment which the company that designed the dome claim it’s 90 per cent effective. While experts put that success rate at about 80 per cent, it’s still considered the most advanced low-range rocket shield in the world. 

Iron Dome Sheild explained (source-BBC)

A dome is actually a roving group of “batteries” or equipment units radars, computers and missile packs on wheels. Radars wait for incoming rockets nearby and feed that data to the computers to analyse the rockets’ trajectory and model. If they’re headed for uninhabited land, the AI won’t recommend taking a shot. But if a rocket is on course for people or property, then an interceptor missile will be fired to explode just in front of it, taking it out in the fireball. The units, including the interceptors, are moved around to cover more ground and keep their location secret. The defence system is not only present in Israel and the USA but also acquired by countries like India, Russia, Saudia Arabia and UAE which are also natives in the Middles East.

In the current violence of Israel and Palestine, people have been killed on both sides, including children. But, with fewer strikes making it through Israeli air space, Israel’s death toll is much lower compared to Palestine.