[allendale]

No doubt the Israeli Air Force will do well and do its very best to defend the country. But consider the strategic reality. If Israel faces hard line hostile opponents armed with say 1,000 ballistic missiles scattered over thousands of square miles of territory, how can it defend against a coordinated attack? Also very costly. A modern jet fighter can cost over $50 million each and a pilotless missile less than $1 million each. Also not at all certain that defensive measures such as Iron Dome can stop a critical number before severe devastation and causalities. Solutions?

[robowombat]

The appropriate response is to attack high value targets en mass in any state that fires ballistic missiles at one. Hunting missiles is futile as we found out in the First gulf War. Wreaking havoc on the enemy and causing so much destruction and attendant loss of life is what is required. Break the enemy's will to fight.

[meatloaf]

The missile defense system is multilayered and includes the ability to determine which missiles can be ignored. We played a major role in funding and supporting the development and deployment using an American manned radar system.

The Israelis recently made a price point break through. The system is getting better and cheaper. It remains to be seen if it can be overwhelmed.

I still think Israel needs to level Gaza.

[saintgermaine]

Sooner or later there will be only one FINAL SOLUTION, which is one side wins and the other one loses. Once this point has been reached “Just may be” there will be something what resembles a period of quiet.