I remember when Ukraine was pissed off that Israel wouldn't give them an Iron Dome system.
To me, it was always obvious the much ballyhooed Iron Dome wasn't that effective, because it even let the puny Palestinian rockets through pretty frequently. Now imagine if someone fired at them with an actual military-grade rocket battery.
Exactly, the thing can barely shoot down home made pop rockets, it has no chance against actual missiles a professional military uses. Giving Iron Dome to Ukraine would've exposed it for the sham that it is, and would also be costly as fuck. Israel decided to avoid the obvious PR disaster. It would've basically been the repeat of the Patriot debacle. My fav part about it was how it fires like 30 missiles each costing a few million in a space of a couple of minutes, and still failed to intercept the kinzhal. It was immediately shown to be equal parts ineffective and unsustainable as a means of air defence.
I remember when Ukraine was pissed off that Israel wouldn't give them an Iron Dome system.
To me, it was always obvious the much ballyhooed Iron Dome wasn't that effective, because it even let the puny Palestinian rockets through pretty frequently. Now imagine if someone fired at them with an actual military-grade rocket battery.
Exactly, the thing can barely shoot down home made pop rockets, it has no chance against actual missiles a professional military uses. Giving Iron Dome to Ukraine would've exposed it for the sham that it is, and would also be costly as fuck. Israel decided to avoid the obvious PR disaster. It would've basically been the repeat of the Patriot debacle. My fav part about it was how it fires like 30 missiles each costing a few million in a space of a couple of minutes, and still failed to intercept the kinzhal. It was immediately shown to be equal parts ineffective and unsustainable as a means of air defence.