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Official: Iron Dome Unable To Integrate With IBCS, A Requirement For Spring 2021 IFPC ‘Shoot-Off’

Official: Iron Dome Unable To Integrate With IBCS, A Requirement For Spring 2021 IFPC ‘Shoot-Off’
Iron Dome Photo: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

The Army’s interim cruise missile defense system, the Israeli Iron Dome capability, is currently unable to integrate with its future missile defense command platform, the service’s top missile defense official said during a Thursday hearing.  Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, told reporters following his testimony at a House Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing that the ability to integrate with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) will be a requirement…

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