Posted on 04/14/2024 4:14:42 AM PDT by RandFan
Israel's air defence system is one of the most effective in the world.
The Iron Dome began operating in 2011, largely in response to the 2006 war that ended with Hamas taking control of Gaza the following year.
It uses radars to detect and intercept short-range rockets, missiles and drones.
The Iron Dome was developed by Israel's state-owned Rafael Advanced Defence Systems with US support.
The system consists of a series of truck-towed mobile units placed strategically throughout the country.
When their radars detect a threat, the information is sent to a 'battle management centre' where military personnel analyse it, anticipating its path and impact point, and decide which missile launcher to use to intercept it.
Counter missiles are then fired directly at the threat - or near it - so the shrapnel can neutralise it.
The dome, known as Kippat Barzel in Hebrew, reacts within a matter of seconds and is manned 24 hours a day.
Originally it was designed to protect cities and strategic sites against missiles with a range of 2.5 and 43 miles, but it is thought to have been expanded.
More than 90% effective
It has consistently blocked more than 90% of rockets fired towards Israel, with a naval version deployed to protect ships and other assets in 2017.
This is why the number of Israeli deaths in the current war with Hamas has remained low, while those in Gaza continue to increase.
Soon after it began operating it became the envy of other militaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
More than 90% effective? So then, of the 300 drones and missiles launched yesterday, 30 got through.
Thank you President Reagan.
They lied and said “Star Wars” didn’t work. The concept always worked, and technologically, the system itself worked after about 1991.
https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts
QME has been a conceptual backbone of U.S. military aid to Israel for decades, and it was formally enshrined in U.S. law in 2008 [PDF]. It requires the U.S. government to maintain Israel’s ability “to defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors, while sustaining minimal damage and casualties.” QME is based on NATO military planning vis-a-vis a potential conflict with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War.
Under the 2008 law, the United States must ensure that any weapons it provides to other countries in the Middle East do not compromise Israel’s QME. In several cases, this has required the United States to provide Israel with offsetting weaponry as part of larger regional arms sales. QME has also ensured that Israel is the first in the region to receive access to the most sophisticated U.S. military weapons and platforms, such as the F-35 stealth fighter, of which Israel has fifty.
Link to PUBLIC LAW 110–429—OCT. 15, 2008 see *SECTION II* :
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-110publ429/pdf/PLAW-110publ429.pdf
Ah I see what you meant.
Exactly.
bttt
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