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r/PublicFreakout • u/SpriteSilver6 • Oct 01 '24
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That's how the Iron Dome system works. The radar tracks the trajectory of the incoming missiles and launches interceptors based on their flight path.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/27/g-s1-6384/israel-iron-dome-hezbollah-hamas-missile-defense-limits#:~:text=Iron%20Dome%20uses%20its%20radar,Iron%20Dome%20will%20launch%20interceptors.
747 u/twotokers Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24 And it costs American taxpayers about $150k a missile edit: Israel can afford to buy these missiles from us. No reason we need to be footing the bill for their defense. 642 u/rayhaque Oct 01 '24 If only we had some money for healthcare and education. 165 u/FakeSafeWord Oct 01 '24 No that's communism!
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And it costs American taxpayers about $150k a missile
edit: Israel can afford to buy these missiles from us. No reason we need to be footing the bill for their defense.
642 u/rayhaque Oct 01 '24 If only we had some money for healthcare and education. 165 u/FakeSafeWord Oct 01 '24 No that's communism!
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If only we had some money for healthcare and education.
165 u/FakeSafeWord Oct 01 '24 No that's communism!
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No that's communism!
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u/Soliden Oct 01 '24
That's how the Iron Dome system works. The radar tracks the trajectory of the incoming missiles and launches interceptors based on their flight path.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/27/g-s1-6384/israel-iron-dome-hezbollah-hamas-missile-defense-limits#:~:text=Iron%20Dome%20uses%20its%20radar,Iron%20Dome%20will%20launch%20interceptors.