The Company Behind Israel's Iron Dome

How to Stop Missiles: The Company Behind Israel's Iron Dome -- Bloomberg Businesweek

The success of Israel’s Iron Dome in shooting down missiles fired from Gaza has a lot to do with a company you’ve probably never heard of: mPrest Systems. The company, led by a retired Israeli naval captain named Natan Barak, makes the smarts of Iron Dome. According to the company’s website, its computer technology performs “air awareness picture building, target classification, calculating interception programs and controlling launch and interception processes.”

The system has stopped roughly 90 percent of incoming missiles, not counting the hundreds that it let through deliberately because it was clear they would land in unoccupied areas, according to a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Iron Dome has undoubtedly saved the lives of Israeli citizens. It has probably saved the lives of people in Gaza as well, because without the shield in place there would have been an outcry from the Israeli public for a ground invasion of Gaza to root out the missile launchers. That would have caused many more deaths on both sides.

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My Comment: For more info on how Israel's Iron Dome system works, go here. America's stake in the system is explained here. More background information on the companies that developed the Iron Dome system can be read here. Hopes for developing the Iron Dome platform into a better system can be read here. mPrest Systems' website is here.