| Submit your comments on this article |
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Iron Dome: A Missile Shield That Works |
| 2012-11-20 |
| [Time] Military gear-heads like to boast about how this or that latest technology that they're fond of -- or that their company, or country, is pushing -- is a "game-changer." The major-combat debut of Israel's Iron Dome missile-defense shield over the past several days may be one of the few that can legitimately make that claim. It is destroying about 90% of the rockets and missiles that Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, the Paleostinian political party governing Gazoo, is firing into southern Israel, Israeli officials say. One battery of Iron Dome anti-missile missiles downed 100% during a salvo, a senior Israeli official tells Battleland. "We've got about a 90% success rate," he says, proudly giddy. "This is unprecedented in history." It's also impossible to confirm, but the lack of Israeli casualties suggests Iron Dome is the most-effective, most-tested missile shield the world has ever seen. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The muzters get to shoot at Israel and the world says Israel may not do anything serious to stop them. That aspect of The Game is not going to change any time soon. But what Iron Dome does is give the Israelis some flexibility in their response. Without it, the IDF would have no choice but to crush the missileers at the first launch (you say that like it's a bad thing) along with the photo-op infrastructure and civilian shields. This gives them time to prepare and plan before they go riding off into Gaza. I suspect it also creates a nice international market for Israeli missile defense systems. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-11-20 12:57 |
| #2 Now take the price of the missiles used in Iron Dome out of the humanitarian support. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-11-20 09:24 |
| #1 Doesn't change the game. The muzters get to shoot at Israel and the world says Israel may not do anything serious to stop them. That there are fewer Israeli casualties is nice, but changes nothing. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2012-11-20 08:58 |