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Dome of the Rocket
Ha´aretz (Israel), by Inbal Orpaz
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Posted By:Pete Stone, 11/19/2012 4:47:43 PM
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| As Operation Pillar of Defense launches into its sixth day, a clear hero has already emerged: Iron Dome. Since the operation began, Iron Dome has intercepted more than 300 rockets launched at Israel with a stellar success rate of 85 percent. The anti-missile system has become a huge source of pride for Israelis, both because of the lives it has undoubtedly saved and because the technology is homegrown. After the targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari last Wednesday, preparations to ready Iron Dome went full speed ahead and around the clock.
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Iron Dome has stopped a large percentage of the Hamas rockets. Of course, it didn´t hurt that the first IDF air strikes destroyed most of the Hamas underground facilities and most of their arsenal of rockets.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 11/19/2012 5:41:22 PM (No. 9024262)
How reliable is the data? Similar hoopla over the Patriot system during Desert Storm - Bush 41 even made a PR visit to the factory. However, when the real numbers were subsequently confirmed...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
EQKimball, 11/19/2012 7:03:54 PM (No. 9024385)
Hamas has an inventory of more than 12,000 missiles. This is Operation Exhaust the Dome.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jmeyer310, 11/19/2012 7:49:24 PM (No. 9024451)
What I don´t understand is why the US refused to sell the Phalanx CIWS technology to Israel. It´s tailor-made for this type of defense. I realize it´s a shipboard-based system, but it had to be tested on land first. Easily adaptable, I should think.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jmeyer310, 11/19/2012 8:00:40 PM (No. 9024464)
My mistake. There IS a land-based version. A video is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpQBZF2sZQ
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
provide, 11/19/2012 8:44:25 PM (No. 9024513)
I can´t see how a "stay" missile aimed at Jerusalem couldn´t strike the Dome of the Rock.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
saguni, 11/20/2012 4:46:51 PM (No. 9026246)
I agree with poster #5, Hamas is not very good at aiming their rockets and have hit Muslim neighborhoods several times.
This would be a propitious time for a "stray" rocket to "accidentally" level the Dome of the Rock, and any other spots of terrorist planning that are known to Mossad.
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