Either way, is there any anti-missile missile system available that Israel can deploy to help stop the incoming Hezzie rockets? A few weeks ago, I saw a demonstration film put out by an Israeli manufacturer showing such a system. If not yet ready for operation, can the US ship any military hardware over in the meanwhile to minimize the threat?
"Either way, is there any anti-missile missile system available that Israel can deploy to help stop the incoming Hezzie rockets?"
I would think these would slow things down a little ( if the US gave Israel a few dozen or so in the newest "shipment".....).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/moab.htm
"Either way, is there any anti-missile missile system available that Israel can deploy to help stop the incoming Hezzie rockets? A few weeks ago, I saw a demonstration film put out by an Israeli manufacturer showing such a system. If not yet ready for operation, can the US ship any military hardware over in the meanwhile to minimize the threat?"
They have Patriot missles for the bigger, long-range rockets but thus far Hezbollah has not used them or Israel has destroyed them. The Patriots guard the larger population centers to the south but do little good against smaller, short range rockets landing in the north and causing casualties.
They also have the ARROW system which is a ground-based laser defense system for smaller rockets. This is being used as we speak.
What was interesting was watching a live feed where the cameraman said he heard a "zap" and covered his camera, stating he had to do this under instruction from Israeli defense. I assumed he was referring to this system firing to attempt to shoot incoming down. I believe this system is the reason we're seeing only tens of casualties in northern Israel instead of hundreds.