ASHDOD, Israel – Just last week, the imposing battery on an isolated field just outside this coastal Israeli city lit up with projectiles to counter the barrage of missiles fired from nearby Gaza. On Tuesday, it was the site of a visit from some of Georgia’s top elected officials.
Gov. Brian Kemp and other members of the state’s delegation to Israel on Tuesday received a detailed tour of the Iron Dome antimissile system and a briefing from senior Israeli military officials on the weapon’s capabilities.
The system first became operational in 2011 and has been tested repeatedly in conflicts since then, as militants in Gaza, Syria and southern Lebanon lob volleys of missiles at Israeli cities and settlements.
