after just months in action, performed at success rates that normally takes years, the systems are mobile, trucked around the 8,000 square miles of israel depending on where conflicts exist. now, iron dome s key parts include a 20-missile battery and this transmission station which i ll show you here. this transmission station is just part of that. and the way the system works is there s a ground radar section that detects enemy missiles once they re launched. and you can see them here on the right-hand side. and what happens is iron dome intercepters are deployed in response. they are faster than the enemy missile and can get them head on or explode when they get close. the concept results in what israeli officials say is an 84% effectiveness rate unheard of before in missile defense systems. the reason why it s more effective, it ignores enemy missiles going into farmlands