Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent: Israeli arms company successfully tests Iron Dome anti-Qassam missile
Talkback
Title:Iron Dome was a flawed system before it was developed
Name:zionist forever
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It was developed so Peretz & Olmert could say they were doing something after Lebanon
They handed over $300 million said develop something

Kassems have a short flight time and Iron Dome must detect the launch, track it & destroy it with an interceptor rocket.
There isnt enough time between launch & land to intercept it

A kassem cost around $10 each & the terrorists have thousands of them usualy & launch 2-3 a time

Iron dome interceptors cost $30,000 each.
Assuming it worked as planned and in a week the terrorists launched 3 rockets a a day over 7 days that means the total cost in a single week is $630,000 in just one week how long can we afford to use it

The money would have been better spent further developing of the THEL laser curently on a US test range which Israel invested $300 million in developing.
In tests it succesfuly hit kassems & laser technolgy has evolved since Israel pulled out

The US also developed a rapid fire cannon being used in Iraq not perfect but cheap to use