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[url="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israels-iron-dome-rocket-defense-system-deploys-today/"]ISRAEL‘S ’IRON DOME’ ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM DEPLOYS [/url]

Israeli defense officials’ earlier failures to deploy the $200 million Iron Dome anti-rocket system against the Palestinian attacks had raised many questions in Israel about its effectiveness. Home Front Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio on Sunday that even once it was deployed, the Iron Dome would still not provide full protection to residents of Israel’s south.



The Iron Dome will begin operating Sunday in the area of Beersheba, southern Israel’s largest city, the military said. A second missile battery will be deployed soon in another large southern city, Ashdod, the military added, without specifying an exact date.