.FOR EACH ten incoming rockets, Israel's unit of protective mobile phone batteries, the Iron Dome, generally shoots down nine. Israel claims to have kept that proportion also as Hamas has actually fired larger barrages coming from Gaza in the consequences of the Islamist team's assault on Israel on Oct 7th. Nevertheless, Iron Dome has limits. Primarily, replenishing interceptor stocks, despite having American manufacturing assistance, is pricey. Reported costs for a solitary interceptor, phoned Tamir, variety coming from $40,000 to much more than double that. Israel hence considers to set up laser device sky defences. It would certainly be actually the first nation to put together such a system. Exactly How does Iron Ray of light, as the device possesses been actually referred to, really function?