Israel Develops A Maritime Version Of Its "Iron Dome'

The C-Dome system (Photo: Rafael)

Israeli Firm Adapts Iron Dome for Intercepts at Sea -- Defense News

Rafael floats ship-based concept at Euronaval Exhibition.

TEL AVIV — Rafael Ltd. is developing ship-based versions of Iron Dome, the system credited with intercepting nearly 90 percent of the thousands of Gaza-launched rockets designated as direct threats to the Israeli home front in last summer’s 50-day war.

The state-owned developer and prime contractor for Israel’s Iron Dome will unveil its maritime point defense concept at the annual Euronaval exhibition in Paris that starts Monday and runs through Nov. 1.

Dubbed C-Dome, Rafael said the system aims to defend offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), small Corvettes and other small ships against saturation attacks from a range of “current and future high performance threats.”

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