The Iron Dome is integrated with Northrop Grumman’s TPS-80 GaN radar. Interestingly, the U.S. Army previously refused to fully adopt Iron Dome because it was neither suitable for anti-cruise nor integrated with its IBCS air defense control system.

’s Iron Dome is integrated with Northrop Grumman’s TPS-80 GaN radar. Interestingly, the US Army previously refused to fully adopt Iron Dome because it was neither suitable for anti-cruise patrols nor integrated with its IBCS air defense control system.

Sea and land anti-cruise can be traced back to the 1990s. After the Cold War, the U.S. Navy launched the "from the sea" strategic guidance, operating from the ocean as coastal (landing) operations, and the ship attack/land attack cruise missiles launched from the inland were considered the biggest threat. The medium-range air defense weapon used by land and sea in the Cold War was the Eagle. On the one hand, the system was numerous and heavy, which was not conducive to rapid projection. On the other hand, the range of fire was limited by line of sight and was easily blocked by terrain.

The Navy chose to use the AMRAAM carried by the Humvee at that time: CLAWS met the needs. It did not have a fire control radar itself. It was connected to the Navy warship or its own mobile 3D radar through the network/CEC. It was later merged with the Army's anti-cruise program to become SLAMRAAM. , but there will be no later. Fast forward a few decades to now, the Eagle has long been retired, and the land and sea have no medium-range air defense capabilities at all. MRIC uses the Iron Dome system and is expected to have native counterfire capabilities.