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2023-02-10T07:57:07.000000 Z Share fontEnable Reading ModeA-AA+Shafaq News/ A security source reported on Friday that the United States Embassy in Baghdad had triggered the C-RAM defense system.The Source informed Shafaq News Agency that the embassy, located in the greatly fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, activated the system as a part of a security drill .
The US C-RAM or counter-RAM system is a set of systems utilized to spot and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds in the air prior to they strike their ground targets or supply early warning to secure locations of high importance.
Since 2020, the American Embassy has been the target of repeated rocket attacks, of which it is accusing Iranian-backed Iraqi factions.