Israel’s Rafael unveils ’Iron Beam’ laser-based defense system

Originally published on February 20, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled its latest missile defense system last week (February 11) at the Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest aerospace and defense event. The novel land-based system created by the state-owned Israeli arms maker demolishes incoming missiles using high energy lasers. The system, known as Iron Beam, uses an air defense radar to acquire