GO Israel......Iron Dome

Red Brow · 11-17-12, 11:46 AM

Israel rocks and Iron Dome will sell. More succinct.

11-17-12, 11:54 AM

What?

Betonov · 11-17-12, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman

What?

Go easy on him, he's new

Tchocky · 11-17-12, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman

What?

geetrue · 11-17-12, 12:22 PM

could this be a con-job?

Hottentot · 11-17-12, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman

What?

Words.

11-17-12, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Words.

Pictures

Hottentot · 11-17-12, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Pictures

OK, here's a puppy.

TLAM Strike · 11-17-12, 01:18 PM

Jimbuna · 11-17-12, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Brow

Israel rocks!
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=292277

And my fearless leaders still love Israel (by hook or by crook) as both houses of Congress still support Israel. Globalism with out the USA is a dead issue. The USA supports Israel, and so, Globalism and Zionism still MESH. No USA, no Globalism. Globalism is USA and USA is Globalism. Zionism supported by USA, USA not supported by Zionism, but is rather acknowledged. Congressmen supported by Zionism. GO ISRAEL!

Congress goes for the butter on the toast. That is how it has been done since burnt brick stacked up into cities.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012...ctions-in-gaza

Israel is currently exercising its right to protect itself as can any other nation in a similar situation.

Oberon · 11-17-12, 03:13 PM

I did wonder how Iron Dome would hold up in a real missile scenario. I guess this is the warm up exercise before the Iran job. Seems to be doing a good job so far, and they have the old Patriot system as back up, and IIRC it will intercept at higher altitudes than Iron Dome, so if Iranian MRBMs come in then Patriot can have a shot at them.
But for what it was designed for, intercepting rockets from Gaza, it's been doing very well. Back in March when the last barrage of rockets came over from Gaza Iron Dome got 56 kills out of 71 attempts. That's a good kill ratio.
It's also smart that it calculates the ballistic arc of a weapon and then ignores missiles that aren't going to hit populated areas so it doesn't suffer target overload.
It's an impressive system, kudos to the Israeli and American designers.

Jimbuna · 11-17-12, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

I did wonder how Iron Dome would hold up in a real missile scenario. I guess this is the warm up exercise before the Iran job. Seems to be doing a good job so far, and they have the old Patriot system as back up, and IIRC it will intercept at higher altitudes than Iron Dome, so if Iranian MRBMs come in then Patriot can have a shot at them.
But for what it was designed for, intercepting rockets from Gaza, it's been doing very well. Back in March when the last barrage of rockets came over from Gaza Iron Dome got 56 kills out of 71 attempts. That's a good kill ratio.
It's also smart that it calculates the ballistic arc of a weapon and then ignores missiles that aren't going to hit populated areas so it doesn't suffer target overload.
It's an impressive system, kudos to the Israeli and American designers.

Rgr that....the system is fairing up very well and must be building confidence in government circles around its potential capabilities should a more serious threat arise.

11-17-12, 04:13 PM

Quote:

I did wonder how Iron Dome would hold up in a real missile scenario.

I wonder how the budget will hold up at 35 grand a shot?

AVGWarhawk · 11-17-12, 04:29 PM

I like puppies.

Oberon · 11-17-12, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tribesman

I wonder how the budget will hold up at 35 grand a shot?

It's probably cheaper to fire 35 grand than repair the damage of the missile hitting the target, and the political damage of people getting killed.

11-17-12, 11:46 AM	#1
Red Brow A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 72 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GO Israel......Iron Dome Israel rocks and Iron Dome will sell. More succinct. Last edited by Red Brow; 11-23-12 at 12:22 AM.

11-17-12, 12:22 PM	#5
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	could this be a con-job? __________________ Last edited by geetrue; 11-19-12 at 12:00 PM. Reason: fooled me once, fooled me twice, let him slide the 3rd time

11-17-12, 01:18 PM	#9
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	__________________

11-17-12, 11:54 AM	#2
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	What?

11-17-12, 03:13 PM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I did wonder how Iron Dome would hold up in a real missile scenario. I guess this is the warm up exercise before the Iran job. Seems to be doing a good job so far, and they have the old Patriot system as back up, and IIRC it will intercept at higher altitudes than Iron Dome, so if Iranian MRBMs come in then Patriot can have a shot at them. But for what it was designed for, intercepting rockets from Gaza, it's been doing very well. Back in March when the last barrage of rockets came over from Gaza Iron Dome got 56 kills out of 71 attempts. That's a good kill ratio. It's also smart that it calculates the ballistic arc of a weapon and then ignores missiles that aren't going to hit populated areas so it doesn't suffer target overload. It's an impressive system, kudos to the Israeli and American designers.

11-17-12, 04:29 PM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I like puppies.