Posted on 07/30/2024 12:05:01 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
N AN UNPRECEDENTED NIGHTTIME ATTACK on April 13, 2024, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel. Simultaneously, Hezbollah fired dozens of Grad rockets at Israel Defense Forces positions in the Golan Heights. What followed was a barrage of missiles that met a wall of resistance.
Israel’s Arrow 3 interceptors hit ballistic missiles while they were still in space. At lower altitudes, David’s Sling missiles, which resemble the U.S. Patriot, took out even more. Meanwhile, U.S. warships and aircraft shot down some attackers. The last line of defense was Israel’s famed Iron Dome, a network of short-range interceptor missiles guided by radar.
Israel had defeated virtually the entire attack, swatting cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, and drones from the sky. And that was by design.
“Israel is a narrow strip of land with dense urban population centers. That does not leave much depth, so there is a premium on intercepting threats in flight,” explains James Black, assistant director at RAND Europe, a nonprofit think tank.
But Israel’s sophisticated, multi-layered integrated air-defense systems couldn’t stop everything. Nine Iranian missiles reportedly struck Nevatim and Ramon Airbases, and one person was injured by shrapnel. The waves of drones, missiles, and rockets synchronized to hit simultaneously were meant to overload Israeli defenses and exhaust stocks of interceptors. The wall held well this time, but Israeli planners know it’s a numbers game.
“Looking at both Israel and Ukraine, we are seeing defenders burning through missiles faster than industry can replace them,” Black says. So, Israel wants an air-defense system that never runs out of ammunition: Iron Beam.
A $1.2 billion U.S. aid package will help fund deployment of Iron Beam, Israel’s one-of-a-kind, high-power laser system designed to knock down missiles, rockets, and drones....
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Best hope for cloudless days, and time to let the beam dwell long enough to cook the damn things.
We already have this.
Remember Maui?
A reliable 100KW laser is considered the threshold for a useful defensive device. Assuming that targeting and power supply needs are met, lasers can be tuned to penetrate clouds. And if this device is reliable and works under combat conditions, the result will be rapid development and deployment of similar defensive lasers.
Jewish Star Wars!
Iron beams are ok as a weapon but it night be better to temper the iron into steel and have the blacksmith hammer it into a sword blade...
The use of AI will be a tool to navigate the complexity of seeing targets through heavy cloud cover. The next stage will be having the ability to vaporize someone using the laser.
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At lower altitudes, David’s Sling missiles, which resemble the U.S. Patriot, took out even more. ...
Winning!
Do they have a home version?
——Israel had defeated virtually the entire attack——
Actually, the Iranian missile assault was repelled not only by Israel but by her friends as well. The actively engaged friends knocking down Iranian missiles included the United Sattes, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Hope Bibi’s boys develp it further. Laser could mean fry a Mullah
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By the time they figure out how to defend or duplicate it, the war could be over. Psst. Tin foil.
Nicky Tesla had an idea for a particle beam to fry all incoming air craft. Particle? Laser? So long as it fries stuff.
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