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The US needs to learn about missile defense from Israel (after all, that type of sharing is why the US spends so much on aid). Israel's low tech neighbors spend

by ars 5y ago

The US needs to learn about missile defense from Israel (after all, that type of sharing is why the US spends so much on aid). Israel's low tech neighbors spend most of their military power on rockets. Other countries will do exactly the same to the US. Israel responded with high tech missile defense, the technology exists, the US just needs to start implementing it in huge numbers. Instead US strategy is to promise to obliterate any country that messes with it. The trouble with that is that the enemy will hide amongst civilians.

BobbyJo 5y ago
Doesn't Israel buy most of those solutions from the US? Also, the rockets coming out of Palestine are a lot different than what would be lobbed at the US.
- iamricks 5y ago
  I believe the Iron Dome was funded by the US, i agree the situation is different. The US is also positioned very far away from any country that would lob rockets at us.
  - ars 5y ago
    > I believe the Iron Dome was funded by the US Production was funded by the US, but Development was not, it was entirely in-house.
- ars 5y ago
  > Doesn't Israel buy most of those solutions from the US? No, the Iron Dome was developed by Israel. US funding only came at the end of development, during production. > Also, the rockets coming out of Palestine are a lot different than what would be lobbed at the US. People always forget about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)
  - BobbyJo 5y ago
    Both of those linked projects had large US defense companies involved (Raytheon and Boeing) in development and manufacturing.
sebmellen 5y ago
I think the Iron Dome works well in Israel because the scale of the attacks they're dealing with is relatively limited. Large-scale nation state warfare is a completely different ball game. In fact, what you're talking about sounds similar to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" [0], which ultimately failed/morphed into another agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). In 2002 the BMDO morphed into the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), whose stated mission is to "develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight." [1] Interestingly, the MDA co-developed the "Arrow" family of anti-ballistic missiles in conjunction with Israel [2]. The ideas you're suggesting have certainly floated through the halls of DC, and Israel and the US clearly work together very closely on these initiatives. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency#Mission_statement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency#Mission... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)

by ars 5y ago

BobbyJo 5y ago

Doesn't Israel buy most of those solutions from the US? Also, the rockets coming out of Palestine are a lot different than what would be lobbed at the US.

iamricks 5y ago
I believe the Iron Dome was funded by the US, i agree the situation is different. The US is also positioned very far away from any country that would lob rockets at us.
- ars 5y ago
  > I believe the Iron Dome was funded by the US Production was funded by the US, but Development was not, it was entirely in-house.
ars 5y ago
> Doesn't Israel buy most of those solutions from the US? No, the Iron Dome was developed by Israel. US funding only came at the end of development, during production. > Also, the rockets coming out of Palestine are a lot different than what would be lobbed at the US. People always forget about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)
- BobbyJo 5y ago
  Both of those linked projects had large US defense companies involved (Raytheon and Boeing) in development and manufacturing.

sebmellen 5y ago

I think the Iron Dome works well in Israel because the scale of the attacks they're dealing with is relatively limited. Large-scale nation state warfare is a completely different ball game. In fact, what you're talking about sounds similar to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" [0], which ultimately failed/morphed into another agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO). In 2002 the BMDO morphed into the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), whose stated mission is to "develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight." [1] Interestingly, the MDA co-developed the "Arrow" family of anti-ballistic missiles in conjunction with Israel [2]. The ideas you're suggesting have certainly floated through the halls of DC, and Israel and the US clearly work together very closely on these initiatives. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency#Mission_statement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency#Mission... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)