The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Iron Beam laser-based, air-defense system has been deployed in the field, the Defense Ministry reported Sunday.
In June, the Defense Ministry and Rafael – the lead company among several defense technology firms, including Elbit, which provides core aspects of the laser itself – announced that Lite Beam, a smaller relative of Iron Beam, was operational.
In mid-September, the Defense Ministry announced that Iron Beam was operational, and that a full series of batteries would be deployed throughout the country to provide cutting-edge air-defense capabilities within the coming months.
On December 1, the head of the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense, Research and Development (DDR&D), Brig.-Gen. (res.) Daniel Gold, announced that full deployment would take place by December 30.
In June, the Defense Ministry disclosed that Israeli laser defense systems had shot down around 40 Hezbollah drones in October 2024…”
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