Iron_Spade

Iron Spade

Iron Spade

Israeli tunnel defense system

Iron Spade and Iron Wall[1] are the codenames given to Israel's effort to prevent offensive tunnels being built from the Gaza Strip into Israel.[2] It is reported to be based in part on the Iron Dome project.[3] The primary developer of the project is Elbit Systems, with Rafael, developers of Iron Dome also involved in the project.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Meyer, Henry (15 October 2023). "An Unusual Asset Of Hamas Is Complicating Israel's Retaliation Plan". NDTV. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "'Iron Spade' - Israel's New Weapon Against Hamas Terror Tunnels". 17 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    Lazareva, Inna (17 August 2014). "Israel plans 'iron spade' to foil Hamas tunnellers". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. [4]
    Staff Writer (17 August 2014). "Israel to develop 'Iron Spade' to counter Hamas". Al Arabiya News. Retrieved 17 August 2014.


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