r/PublicFreakout Oct 01 '24

🌎 World Events Missile impacts in Israel

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u/Unidan_bonaparte Oct 01 '24

They have at least 2 other systems to cover for different types of missiles, including ballistic and drones.

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u/TrickyTrailMix Oct 01 '24

They do, but it doesn't have the same coverage or success rate of the iron dome.

The iron dome vs rockets is a completely different world than Israel's "david's sling" or "arrow" vs ballistic missiles.

The intercept rate of ballistic missiles is way lower than rocket intercepts.

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u/Portermacc Oct 01 '24

Good use of AI

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u/TrickyTrailMix Oct 01 '24

Thanks, not entirely AI, I'm a defense nerd so I already knew the iron dome wasn't meant for ballistic missiles. I did use chat gpt to help me grab some good sources to make sure I verified before I posted, though.

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u/Portermacc Oct 01 '24

Yeah, I'm just teasing. But I did the same

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u/Haber_Dasher Oct 01 '24

Building on what the other person said, didn't the earlier strike from Iran take 1 or more hours to arrive after launch, vs these ballistic missiles that arrived in minutes. Very different systems indeed