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Israel & Modern Innovation

Danny Gold

Who

Danny Gold · Israel & Modern Innovation

What

Iron Dome Missile Defense System

When

1962, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Danny Gold is recognized among Israeli contributors to Israel & Modern Innovation — Iron Dome Missile Defense System

How & why

Daniel "Danny" Gold is an Israeli engineer and brigadier general who, as head of the Israeli Directorate of Defense Research and Development, championed and initiated the Iron Dome short-range rocket-interception system, which entered service in 2011. He received the Israel Defense Prize for the project. He is Jewish, born in Tel Aviv to Hungarian Holocaust-survivor parents.

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Source: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Contributions & Sources

Iron Dome Missile Defense System

2011

Source: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems