r/PublicFreakout • u/SpriteSilver6 • Oct 01 '24

🌎 World Events Missile impacts in Israel

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u/slashthepowder Oct 01 '24

All in all cheap real world tests for the American military and homeland defence.

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 01 '24

We don't have this iron dome system though... or healthcare or free college like they do.

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u/MemeL0rd040906 Oct 01 '24

That we know of

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 01 '24

Ok, I'll bite, if we do it sucks ass because Russian jets near Alaska and Chinese balloons can evade it undetected.

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u/MemeL0rd040906 Oct 01 '24

Alaska probably wouldn’t be contained considering the cost of bringing it out there and the lack of important military targets. It would likely be on a smaller scale protecting important government and infrastructure targets, as opposed to a country wide “dome”

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 01 '24

So you took the long way to say I'm correct while only focusing on the military aspect of my comment.

Okay, good.

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u/MemeL0rd040906 Oct 01 '24

An iron dome system doesn’t strictly have to cover the entire country lmao. Israel is much smaller than the entirety of the US. What matters is the targeting tech used in the dome that is being “tested” in Israel

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 02 '24

I didn't say it did.

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u/justforkicks7 Oct 01 '24

Fun fact: if we had the same military policies as Israel, everyone would have free college. Aka the GI Bill. Serve your country = free college. But you want free college WITHOUT the mandatory service that you conveniently left out.

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u/lesgeddon Oct 01 '24

I'm a disabled veteran. Fuck that noise, free education for everyone

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 01 '24

Oh. And you left out the fact that the ultra religious people don't have to serve either. It's almost as if reddit comments aren't all inclusive of every detail.

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u/JayzarDude Oct 01 '24

They probably didn’t add that part because it isn’t correct.

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u/UncookedNoodles Oct 02 '24

Thier country is also considerably smaller and easier to make this kind of iron dome system work in the first place. Their heathcare and college also isnt free. It is being paid for via taxes

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24 edited Nov 07 '24

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 01 '24

Oh did I say "equally capable missile defense system"? I thought I was talking specifically about the iron dome system, healthcare and free college. I was very careful to word it that way.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24 edited Nov 07 '24

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u/diefreetimedie Oct 06 '24

No I'm wondering why we subsidize a country with free healthcare and college while we don't have it for our own.

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u/Moistened_Bink Oct 01 '24

Yeah but Israel should be paying us for these missles. It's not like they dont have the money for it.

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u/PM_Me_Melted_Faces Oct 01 '24

It's not like they dont have the money for it.

Even after they pay for public healthcare for their citizens.

That's some bullshit, honestly. Why are we giving them billions after billions of dollars, again?

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u/Hammaer96 Oct 01 '24

Yes, because America needs homeland defence against missile attacks from [checks notes] Canada and Mexico.

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u/ZeePirate Oct 01 '24

It’s actually for the forward bases it still occupies in Europe or south east Asia to defend its allies against Russia and China.

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u/Capable-Reaction8155 Oct 01 '24

Exactly, so a pretty good idea to test them.

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u/foreverNever22 Oct 01 '24

No it's not, your opponent also learns about the flaws in your system.