Israel has largely maintained control of its airspace due to the 90-percent success rate of the Iron Dome , the star of its tiered missile defense system. , the star of its tiered missile defense system. While the Iron Dome has protected Israeli civilians across many conflicts, it isn’t entirely foolproof; experts say it will eventually be replaced with a laser system called Iron Beam . From there, the Tamir missile will use its own nose-mounted radar to detect the rocket and guide itself toward it. So, Israeli state-owned defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems—which co-developed the Iron Dome with Israel Aerospace Industries and the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon—is already developing Iron Dome’s successor: a laser-based anti-rocket defense system known as Iron Beam.