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

🌎 World Events Missile impacts in Israel

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u/StatisticianOwn9953 Oct 01 '24

It has long been reported that the fear is that if Iran and Hezbollah go all out then they will overwhelm the dome. Iran's last attack was communicated ahead of time to more or less guarantee that it was symbolic because Israel et al had a good chance at shooting them all down. Things have become much more spicy since then. Tehran presumably aren't telegraphing and limiting their attacks now.

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u/Anomuumi Oct 01 '24

The Iron Dome has never ever been a counter for ballistic missiles.

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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