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The official that named "iron dome" purposelly did so because most suggestions sounded quite regal. Seems like Isreal has decided to stick with the naming schem
by nullwasamistake 7y ago
The official that named "iron dome" purposelly did so because most suggestions sounded quite regal. Seems like Isreal has decided to stick with the naming scheme, and I'm glad.
Naming your weapons after religious artifacts reminds of Monty Python's holy hand grenade. Probably not a great idea to connect your religion to something that explodes and kills people.
- acct1771 7y agoYou realize this thread is about Israel?
- azernik 7y agoIsrael's generally quite comfortable with making religious allusions in its weapons systems - for example, the next step up in range/speed from Iron Dome is called David's Sling, and there have been military operations named e.g. Pillar of Cloud and Nachshon. Usually when they do that, though, they're direct Biblical quotes.
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- gdy 7y agoThey are not ashamed of what their military does and of their religion. Merkava is their main battle tank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism
- nullwasamistake 7y agoThere's no shame I just think it's a bad idea to connect any religion to weapons. I remember reading that the official behind the naming of Iron dome shared this opinion.
- gdy 7y agoOld Testament's god is not a pacifist. His nuking of Sodom and Gomorrah is first that comes to mind.