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Started by CountDeMoney, March 28, 2011, 06:10:27 AM

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CountDeMoney

March 28, 2011, 06:10:27 AM
QuoteIsrael deploys new anti-missile system

JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday deployed a still experimental anti-missile system to protect residents within striking distance of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, a clear sign that Israeli leaders do not believe that rocket fire from the territory will abate soon.

An initial battery was deployed around the southern city of Beersheba, 25 miles from the Gaza border, as increased Palestinian rocket fire sent Israelis scurrying into shelters all across southern Israel in recent days.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the system, called Iron Dome, would provide only partial protection.

"I do not want to foster the illusion that Iron Dome, which we are deploying today for the first time, will provide a complete or comprehensive answer,'' Netanyahu said after a weekly cabinet meeting Sunday.

Netanyahu said that Israel has no interest in an escalation of hostilities with Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, but that "we will not hesitate to use the might of the Israel Defense Forces against anyone who attacks our people."

On Sunday, the Israeli air force reportedly killed two militants from the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad who the military said were preparing to fire rockets or mortar shells into Israel.

The Iron Dome system was rushed into service amid discussion of a possible new, broader Israeli military offensive against the Hamas leadership in Gaza, which Israel describes as a terrorist group but which is also a major force in Palestinian politics.

Israel launched a widely criticized bombardment of the coastal territory in late 2008 to try to put an end to rocket attacks. The conflict left an estimated 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

Using cameras and radars to track incoming projectiles, the Iron Dome system was developed with more than $200 million in U.S. assistance, reportedly about half its cost.

The system is unable to protect communities within about a 3-mile radius from Gaza, an area that sustains the most intensive mortar and rocket fire.

Earlier this month, representatives of those communities appealed to Israel's highest court to try to force the government to strengthen defenses in their towns.

BVN

#1
March 28, 2011, 06:33:28 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 28, 2011, 06:10:27 AM
QuoteIsrael deploys new anti-missile system

Using cameras and radars to track incoming projectiles, the Iron Dome system was developed with more than $200 million in U.S. assistance, reportedly about half its cost.

Money well spent?  :hmm:

Warspite

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March 28, 2011, 06:35:07 AM
Iron Dome sounds like it should be some sub-par 80s action flick.
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CountDeMoney

#3
March 28, 2011, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: BVN on March 28, 2011, 06:33:28 AM
Money well spent?  :hmm:

Yup.  Every dollar that goes to saving a Jew is a slap in the face of European anti-semitards and their "pro-Palestinian neutrality".  So it's a two-fer WIN WIN.

Caliga

#4
March 28, 2011, 06:51:40 AM
Quote from: Warspite on March 28, 2011, 06:35:07 AM
Iron Dome sounds like it should be some sub-par 80s action flick.
Will it star Louis Gossett Jr. ? :cool:
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Ed Anger

#5
March 28, 2011, 07:02:32 AM
Quote from: Caliga on March 28, 2011, 06:51:40 AM
Quote from: Warspite on March 28, 2011, 06:35:07 AM
Iron Dome sounds like it should be some sub-par 80s action flick.
Will it star Louis Gossett Jr. ? :cool:



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#6
March 28, 2011, 07:18:36 AM
Wasn't expecting to find Money defending missile defense systems. :unsure:
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#7
March 28, 2011, 07:30:52 AM
How does it work? Kinetic rounds? Anti-missiles? Lasers?
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BVN

#8
March 28, 2011, 07:39:22 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 28, 2011, 06:45:46 AM
Quote from: BVN on March 28, 2011, 06:33:28 AM
Money well spent?  :hmm:

Yup.  Every dollar that goes to saving a Jew is a slap in the face of European anti-semitards and their "pro-Palestinian neutrality".  So it's a two-fer WIN WIN.
:lol:

It will probably only save some defence companies...

DGuller

#9
March 28, 2011, 07:56:28 AM
Seems pretty cost-ineffective to me.  The cost of shooting those rockets down would probably be hundred times more than just the expected damage from the rockets.

Tamas

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March 28, 2011, 08:14:20 AM Last Edit: March 28, 2011, 08:18:53 AM by Tamas
Quote from: DGuller on March 28, 2011, 07:56:28 AM
Seems pretty cost-ineffective to me.  The cost of shooting those rockets down would probably be hundred times more than just the expected damage from the rockets.

I wonder if Marty will arrive to bite down your head now, for implying that Jewish life has a price

Brazen

#11
March 28, 2011, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 28, 2011, 07:30:52 AM
How does it work? Kinetic rounds? Anti-missiles? Lasers?
Other missiles. It's a bit shit.

Darth Wagtaros

#12
March 28, 2011, 08:30:21 AM
Quote from: Caliga on March 28, 2011, 06:51:40 AM
Quote from: Warspite on March 28, 2011, 06:35:07 AM
Iron Dome sounds like it should be some sub-par 80s action flick.
Will it star Louis Gossett Jr. ? :cool:
I was gonna say it was probably one of Destro's relatives.
PDH!

Strix

#13
March 28, 2011, 01:46:50 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 28, 2011, 07:30:52 AM
How does it work? Kinetic rounds? Anti-missiles? Lasers?

sharks with frickin lazers on their heads.
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Josquius

#14
March 28, 2011, 02:59:52 PM
Iron Dome sounds like the name of a cliched Soviet lunar colony.

Quotesharks with frickin lazers on their heads.
But what if the missiles are being fired at inland cities?
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