Iron Spade

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

References
  1. "'Iron Spade' - Israel's New Weapon Against Hamas Terror Tunnels". 17 August 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Staff Writer (17 August 2014). "Israel to develop 'Iron Spade' to counter Hamas". Al Arabiya News. Retrieved 17 August 2014.


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