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The interception rate of the Iron Dome basically doesn't matter anyways. If ever, for example, Hezbollah or even Hamas actually decide to seriously strike Israe
by sudosysgen 4y ago
The interception rate of the Iron Dome basically doesn't matter anyways. If ever, for example, Hezbollah or even Hamas actually decide to seriously strike Israel, they will completely saturate the Iron Dome.
This is also probably why it's interception rate is higher - these attacks haven't been even from Hamas and have been in very small concentration.
It's a tough pill to swallow, but if the Palestinians or Iranians ever decide to drown Israel in rocket artillery, there is no real possible defense.
At around ~500$ for a bog standard MLRS rocket, it costs about as much to buy a literal million rockets than it costs for a single F-35 over its lifetime. These are, by the way, far more accurate, far faster, and pack a lot more of a punch than the rockets that are being launched lately.
The only bottleneck Hezbollah has is really that it's pretty difficult to actually supply the rockets.