Defense Ministry Director-General Pinhas Buchris will travel to the US next week to try to interest the Pentagon in the Israeli-developed Iron Dome missile defense system and to explore procuring the Skyguard laser system to protect Sderot from Kassam rockets, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
The Iron Dome system is under development by the Rafael Armaments Authority and was chosen last year by a Defense Ministry committee as Israel's defense system against the short-range Kassam and Katyusha rockets. Israel believes that the US Army might be interested in the system to protect its forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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