A lot of misinformation in this thread (as usual for this subreddit). The iron dome does not intercept ballistic missiles. Israel has Arrow, David's Sling, and Patriot missile systems for ballistic missile interceptions. In general, ballistic missiles are much harder to intercept.
Interception also depends on the ELM-2040 Over the Horizon Radar, which bounces 6 to 30 MHz radar (high Frequency / HF) off the ionosphere to detect and track missiles over the horizon. HF is affected by solar activity, there was a solar flare and high solar activity today, and a radio blackout. So I am wondering if solar activity degraded the perfomance of Israel's the OTR.
1000 IQ play by Iran if they were timing the attack in coordination with the Sun. High solar flare activity has been noted for weeks at this point since we're in a very active period of the cycle. They may have just been waiting for the right location/intensity. Sounds like the Sun is a co-conspirator in this attack. Does the Sun have oil? Maybe the Sun needs some freedom.
The word "ballistic" means different things in the colloquial or physics sense than it does in the military sense. For missiles, it usually refers to a projectile that launches into the Earth's atmosphere and comes down at a very steep descent angle and high speed, making interception difficult. Iron Dome is meant to intercept small, simple rockets and slow-flying drones with easily calculable trajectories that are easier to intercept.
Yes there are. Cruise missiles are a pretty well known type. They do not leave the atmosphere and usually âcruiseâ relatively low. The Iron Dome can take them out. The Iron Dome frequently has been shown on videos taking out the unguided rockets that Hezbollah launches into Israel from time to time.
Israel has other air defenses that can take out ballistic missiles, such as Davidâs Sling or the Arrow system, depending on the type of ballistic missile.
Iron Dome intercepts dumb rockets and drones, like the shit Hamas and Hexbollah have fired thousands of. Theyâre non guided fire and forget trash that hit wherever it lands.
Ballistic missiles exit earths atmosphere and re enter at approximately 2000mph, which makes them incredibly difficult to intercept
They are also receiving enough funding for their offensive weapons so I donât under that part or you reply but thanks for the info. Jointly funded is I feel a little disingenuous considering how much funding Israel receives from the United States.
That area could also be void of any infrastructure or houses, thsu those rockets were given low-priority to be intercepted, thus they were able to get past the Iron Dome defenses; as they were not important enough.
Agreed. I'm not a missile defense expert, but I've read today's ballistic missiles are different and faster than those Iran shot back in April. If true, it could also explain why seemingly more of them made it through the iron dome.
The iron dome obviously isnt designed for ballistic smart missiles.
It designed for fire and forget missiles so it can calculate the path and shoot it down when needed.
This is totally different and the ballistic missiles are much faster.
That's a very small "explosion." That looks like missile debris, not an active warhead detonation.
What goes up, must come down. Everything that is intercepted will reign down debris. That's a hell out a lot less damage than would have occurred had the missile not be intercepted.
I'm confused. In physics "ballistic" means something that is projected but otherwise only affected by gravity (or something like that). What makes ballistic missiles different? (Honest question, and I know I could Google it but would prefer to ask my reddit friends)
In april iran shot also ballistic missiles but the missiles you are referring to might be either UAV or cruise missile which can be intercepted by the iron dome( the attack now was ONLY ballistic missiles)
The iron dome is not the whole defence system , the ballistic missiles are intercepted by Arrow 3 ,Arrow 2 and maybe david's sling but i think it is not , not sure
Those systems take out the ballistic missiles , in April and now look them out its intresting
Ballistic missiles follow a ballistic trajectory. Meaning they are shot high in the air and come back down under gravitational pull. The largest and fastest of these- ICBMs- are going roughly 4 miles per second on their downward trajectory. Nothing on earth can intercept something going that fast.
If the area of impact is devoid of civilian or military infrastructure (from the viewpoint of the Israeli state), the Iron Dome radar has already calculated the air munition's end trajectory is not a threat, thus the system didn't find the need to expend a Tamir missile to intercept it.
Each of the 10 batteries across Israel is setup in this same purpose and they will overlap their coverage (60 sq miles/96 sq kms) as required to support the defence of an adjoining AO, hence the versatile operational range (4 to 70kms/2.5 to 43 miles) of a standard Tamir interceptor.
The intelligent Iron Dome system ignores incoming threats it determines will land in uninhabited areas, thereby minimizing unnecessary defensive launches and lowering operation costs.
The Iron Dome can also fire multiple variants of missiles, slow but agile SAMs to those that are much faster time to target wise for the precision guided munitions before they even enter Israeli airspace. The Israeli Arrow/Hetz batteries will deal with Iranian cruise/ballistic missile threats. The Israelis know very well what their enemies possess and have adapted one system to do it all.
The one thing that can distrupt this defence layer however, is overwhelming/saturating the system with a mass air campaign on multiple AOs and ultimately the efficiency of the techs reloading the IDF missile batteries.
You also have to remember as well in the last barrage from Iran, that even Jordan, Iraq and Syria shot some down for their own reasons. Israeli and USAF/RAF jets did multiple intercept sorties deep into Iraq even, so Israel isn't the only country trying to stop the Iranian air barrages when they happen.
Iron dome prioritizes which ones to intercept. If the rockets are heading towards a densely populated area, itâll prioritize that over something thatâs going to land in a field somewhere
Actually, they're not wrong..
Iron dome is the name of a system that intercepts small G2G rockets.
The system that intercepts ballistic missiles is called Arrow 2, Arrow 3, or the good old Patriot..
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u/austinyo6 Oct 01 '24
Did the iron dome run out of US interceptor rockets?