Is Israel's Iron Cup Indestructible?

This system has made residents feel more secure, and the Israelites can often be seen watching the missiles fly through the sky and destroy the targets above their heads.

But the current battle with Hamas could be the hardest challenge yet.

Within just two weeks, Hamas has fired 7,000 missiles to Israel, according to the Israeli Army. So more than in each of the past four wars between Israel and Hamas since this militant group took power in Gaza in 2007.

On the first day of combat, on October 7, Hamas launched 2,000 rockets, according to data from West Point, the United States Military Academy. Lebanon's Hezbollah has also thrown hundreds of missiles toward northern Israel since fighting began.

Most of the missiles were observed and destroyed by the Iron Cup. Some, however, have managed to penetrate and kill at least 11 people and hit remote buildings until Tel Aviv, according to Israeli officials.

You can read some of the accomplishments and limitations of the Iron Cup.

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The Iron Cup is equipped with a series of antiaircraft batteries that use radar to observe short-range missiles and destroy them.

Each antiaircraft battery has three or four rockets, 22 rockets and a radar, according to Raytheon, the American defense giant who associates this antiaircraft with the Israeli company Rafael Defence Systems.