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Intel: First Israeli Iron Dome battery arrives in US

A second Iron Dome battery is expected to arrive by the end of the year.
The Iron Dome defence missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, is pictured in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod on November 12, 2019. - Israel's military killed a commander for Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, prompting retaliatory rocket fire and fears of a severe escalation in violence. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The first of two Israeli Iron Dome missile defense batteries arrived in the United States on Wednesday as part of a congressionally mandated purchase to fill a gap in the US military’s missile defense capabilities.

Israel’s Defense Ministry announced the delivery on Monday. A spokesperson for the US Army Futures Command did not immediately return a request for comment.

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