First US-Made Iron Dome Interceptor Delivered to Israel

TREE NEWS update: Israel’s Ministry of Defense said on October 8 that the first Tamir interceptor for the Iron Dome air-defense system built and assembled entirely in the United States was delivered in Arkansas. The missile was produced by a joint venture of Raytheon and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at its Arkansas plant, marking the first complete Iron Dome interceptor production line outside Israel. The US Missile Defense Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization completed the handover; the plant will also build a US version of the Tamir for the US Marine Corps.