Intel: US to activate air defense batteries to test Israel's Iron Dome

Both Iron Domes are expected to arrive at Fort Bliss by January
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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) presents US Defense Secretary Mark Esper (C) with a model of the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system as they stand with Israeli Lt. Tovah Winick, a US-born Iron Dome launch site commander, in front of an Iron Dome launcher in Tel Aviv on Oct. 29, 2020. - PAUL HANDLEY/AFP via Getty Images
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The US Army has announced it is activating two air defense batteries at Fort Bliss, Texas, in preparations to test the Israeli Iron Dome system.

The preparations to test the Iron Dome include converting an existing Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery. “These actions are part of the Army’s force realignment initiative,” the Army said in the statement.

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