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Rafael CEO said Iron Dome's success during Operation Protective Edge has fuelled foreign interest in buying it. South Korea is interested in buying the Israeli short-range rocket interceptor Iron Dome, its manufacturer said on Sunday, August 10.
Iron Dome, which uses guided missiles to shoot down the Katyusha-style rockets used by Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists, has scored around a 90 percent success rate in the month-old Operation Protective Edge, Israeli officials and U.S. observers say.
Yedidia Yaari, CEO of Iron Dome's state-owned manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., said the system's performance had fuelled foreign interest in buying it, including by South Korea, which is in an armed standoff with North Korea.
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