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 ācruiseā 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 Davidās 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. Theyāre 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 donāt 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.
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u/austinyo6 Oct 01 '24
Did the iron dome run out of US interceptor rockets?