Not surface to air, rather surface to surface. The risk wasn’t taking down an airliner, rather hitting one on the runway, or hitting a terminal. Or a restaurant or hotel once people got off. That risk will exist till Hamas’ capability is destroyed, something the US opposed, and until Hizbollah’s capacity is destroyed.
I think if a rocket had not hit one mile from the airport today, the reaction from the airlines might have been different, since thus far there had not been a travel warning or a cancellation of flights..but I think the one rocket getting through(Since Iron Dome can’t prevent every single rocket from getting through) it freaked the airlines out
“The risk wasn’t taking down an airliner, rather hitting one on the runway, or hitting a terminal. Or a restaurant or hotel once people got off.”
You’re the second person here to figure that out (after me). So why don’t we call for ALL AMERICANS to leave Israel, if it is that dangerous to be there - there are much higher value targets for the terrorists, such as government buildings, shopping malls, etc. Trying to nail a parked aircraft at just the right time (i.e., when it is boarded, but still in the terminal) from a shot 50 miles away sounds like a waste of effort.