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Arrow is a highly advanced air defense system jointly produced by IAI and the US aerospace contractor Boeing. The first iteration of this system, Arrow 2, was deployed in 2000 and is able to intercept missiles in the upper atmosphere. The newer Arrow 3 became operational in 2017 and can hit targets in space.

Iran was assumed to possess more than 3,000 missiles total (all ranges) before the Iran–Israel war. Iran manufactured hundreds of SRBMs (e.g. Fateh-110/M-600) for Hezbollah. Yemen's Houthis possess dozens of ballistic missiles that can hit Saudi Arabia or Israel.

During the 50 days of the conflict 4,594 rockets and mortars were fired at Israeli targets; Iron Dome systems intercepted 735 projectiles that it determined were threatening, achieving an intercept success rate of 90 percent. Only 70 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza failed to be intercepted.