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2008-07-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel successfully tests missile interceptor

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Posted by Frank G 2008-07-06 10:10|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Good job. Pull the last effective weapon away from the terrorists. All they will have left is the occasional suicide bomber/attacker.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-06 10:13|| 2008-07-06 10:13|| Front Page Top

#2 $ 200-million buys an entire system? Why does the DoD continue to pay retail?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-06 10:20|| 2008-07-06 10:20|| Front Page Top

#3 But... but... just look at all the smoke it emits! No doubt the U.N. will want them to close the project down so it doesn't contribute to Globull Worming...

This is cool. Go Isael.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-07-06 11:16|| 2008-07-06 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 besoeker, Israel is just a tad .... more compact ... than the US. Takes a little less in the way of system for defense.

And - their airspace management is orders of magnitude less complex than ours along the borders and elsewhere. That greatly simplifies the technical requirements of their system.

Posted by lotp 2008-07-06 13:14|| 2008-07-06 13:14|| Front Page Top

#5 This system is probably the equivalent of ten to twenty or so equivalents to the plananx systems in place in Iraq, except with a longer range gun.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-06 13:35|| 2008-07-06 13:35|| Front Page Top

#6 $ 200-million buys an entire system? Why does the DoD continue to pay retail

Maybe if the US was the size of one of its smaller states, the DoD could get that kind of price as well.

Posted by Pappy 2008-07-06 14:36|| 2008-07-06 14:36|| Front Page Top

#7 What maters is how much it cost to operate.

Posted by Black Charlie Glising4125 2008-07-06 16:00|| 2008-07-06 16:00|| Front Page Top

#8 And with what side effects. If this is a higher-powered tactical laser system, chances are good it's chemically powered. Those chemicals are nasty stuff - the logistics load is substantial, one of several reasons we haven't rushed our own prototypes into production.

Posted by lotp 2008-07-06 16:30|| 2008-07-06 16:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Iron Dome uses small $50,000(?) missiles to intercept small rockets, mortars and artillery. If I was Hizb Allah, I would run Israel out of ammo in 24 hours or bankrupt them in a month with $200 rockets.

Posted by ed 2008-07-06 16:40|| 2008-07-06 16:40|| Front Page Top

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