Read carefully into Iron Dome success. As 144 rockets were fired into Israel, CNN was reporting last week that it stopped two. Rest were allowed to fall harmlessly in the open. A bit more analysis with marketing aside, indicates that iron dome kills 80% of the rockets fired. They use Iron Dome only sparingly and fire when they are sure it will kill the rocket shell. This gives high it high kill rate. It is pure marketing. What if the rockets are fired in a cluster. How will iron Dome distinguish which one is deadly and which one is not. Although Israelis claim to be able to distinguish dummies from the lethal shots. But again truth is known to them only.
In indian condition imagine four Pakistani trucks with four Babur cruise missile are simultaneously how will Iron Dome distinguish the lethal Babur which carries the nuclear warhead. Otherwise Iron Dome is useless.
As soon as a rocket is fired, its ballistic trajectory is computed and terminal point identified.
The C4I system has the entire map of Israel identified into safe and danger zones.
Any rocket which will terminate in the safe zone and danger zone are automatically segregated by the C4I,
Operator is alerted about the segregated data. Operator generally ignores all safe zone marked rockets and fires interceptors only on the danger zone marked rockets.
However, in case of barrage attacks, the system has automated/unmanned operations provisions. The C4I can be switched to automatic mode where it will automatically launch interceptors against rockets marked to hit danger zones.
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@Hari Sud, Iron Dome is a C-RAM system. That is, Counter-Rocket/Artillery/Mortar. All of these follow ballistic trajectory. Iron Dome is not a Cruise Missile Defence system, and is not supposed to intercept cruise missiles.