Israel's New DM Mild On Iron Dome

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's new defense minister was expected to scrap plans
to assemble a fleet of tactical missile and rocket defense systems.
Defense sources said Moshe Ya'alon would abandon plans by his
predecessor to procure dozens of Iron Dome batteries to protect Israel from
missile and rocket attacks. The sources said the new defense minister, a
former military chief of staff, has assessed that Iron Dome or ballistic
missile defense systems could not serve as the basis for the nation's
defense in any regional war.