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All the tweaks, tests and training have been completed for the new American mobile Iron Dome system A year ago, the US Marine Corps successfully tested Israel’s Iron Dome Tamir missiles as part of its mobile MRIC (Medium-Range Intercept Capabili

The two companies toured a Camden, Arkansas, site where they may decide to build the Tamir and SkyHunter intercept weapons.

“This will be a great thing for the Medium Range Intercept Capability program and for the USMC, if this occurs,” Don Kelley, the Marine Corps Program Executive Officer Land Systems Ground-Based Air Defense program manager, said of a US production facility.

Israel's Iron Dome Missile System is a radical defense system that's capable of stopping incoming ballistics in midair -- it's quite impressive to see.

Marines are already using alternative acquisition models and leveraging existing tech to modernize. They still want to move faster.

Marines are already using alternative acquisition models and leveraging existing tech to modernize. They still want to move faster.

The Air Defense Artillery needs to be all that it can be. It can ill afford to maintain a single, unintegrated system as an Army of one, writes Tom Karako of CSIS.

Marines have spent several years doing what the Army said it cannot do, integrating Iron Dome components into its larger air defense architecture. The USMC now has approval to continue developing its new cruise missile defense weapon.

WHITE SANDS, New Mexico. The U.S. Marine Corps conducted a live fire test of Tamir Iron Dome interceptors from a mobile launcher as part of a test of a new prototype system for Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC), interceptor manufacturer Rafael announced in a statement.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capabi...