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2011-08-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Iron Dome intercepts another rocket near Ashkelon

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-18 15:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#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|| 2011-08-18 16:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-08-18 17:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-08-18 18:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-08-18 20:34|| Front Page Top

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