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| Iron Dome intercepts another rocket near Ashkelon |
| 2011-08-18 |
| The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted at least one additional rocket fired Thursday night toward Ashkelon. The Color Red warning system was activated ahead of the interception. Earlier, two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and at least one of them was intercepted by the Iron Dome system. The other fell in a field |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 A 40% C-RAM failure rate is way too high to tolerate for area defense, especially in a country the size of Israel. Using longer ranged C-RAM doesn't solve that problem and doesn't have the very short time response needed. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-08-18 20:34 |
| #3 Use a longer range gun, like the Chinese allegedly do on their system. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-18 18:15 |
| #2 Because, as you Americans found out in Iraq, they are worthless for area defense. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-08-18 17:27 |
| #1 Yet the question remains, why not augment Iron Dome with C-RAM? The guns themselves are a modest $1.5m, and with the radar as a system, only $15m. The airburst rounds, because the Israelis are terrified of harming any Paleo with falling detritus, are still quite cheap. Whereas each Iron Dome missile is about $30k. And using a $30k missile to shoot down a homemade rocket is not cost effective. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-08-18 16:41 |