It’s a long distance footrace. It is a team event with waves of designated “rabbits” whose only purpose is to exhaust the competitors so the “winner” can roll to victory.
“waves” - launches from multiple origins
“Rabbits” - cheap drones
“rabbits” - reserve team > unmarried, military age males dispersed throughtout the country waiting for the signal to be a rabbit.
“exhaust” - deplete the inventory of sophisticated defensive munitions
“footrace” - wars everywhere on planet earth
“winner” - fill-in-the-blank
“Jehad is a continuous and never-ending struggle...”
Look at the missile prices in the article, $20,000-$50,000, and then update them for the present value of money. Iron Dome typically fires two missiles at each target. The enemy can fire thousands of missiles. Now, the software decides which missiles will hit something and which can be ignored. But guided drones must be taken down. They can cost as little as $600. A large incoming salvo could exhaust the defenses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome
More than 90% effective? So then, of the 300 drones and missiles launched yesterday, 30 got through.