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In reply to the discussion: Anybody else having trouble believing anything at all about the Iran missile attack on Israel? [View all]LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)As Iran launched its much-anticipated attack on Israel on Saturday, the night sky was filled with deadly threats. More than 100 ballistic missiles were fired, senior U.S. officials said, complemented by about 30 cruise missiles and more than 150 explosive drones.
Israels vaunted missile defense systems ramped up to engage the munitions as they were launched from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. But they were flanked by U.S. and British fighter jets, a Patriot missile defense system manned by U.S. troops in Iraq and U.S. destroyers off the coast of Israel, each ready to assist.
But the attack still imposed new challenges on Israel, Bendett suggested. To achieve a 99 percent interception rate required defenses that are probably much costlier than the total number of threats arrayed against Israel, he said.
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Totally believe it. I used to watch the Hamas rocket alerts. Those intercept systems take out just about everything....
People ask , "Is Hamas still attacking Israel?" Yep, they're still sending rockets. The rockets are all intercepted.
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