Cyprus to get Iron Dome system

Apparently, Cyprus has inked an agreement with Israel to acquire the latter’s Iron Dome air defense system, the Cyprus edition of the Kathimerini daily has reported.

Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 2021. XXXVII
Avichai Socher (אביחי סוחר) / IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The exact number of systems being acquired was not disclosed, however. It will be used to defend the island against Turkish drones in particular.

Kathimerini says Chief of the National Guard Lt. Gen. Demokritos Zervakis had a close up look at the Iron Dome during a visit to Israel this March.

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