Iron dome is working

[Plane]

Pretty well, depending on who you ask.

Up to 90% effective, Reagan is vindicated against the Luddites who ridiculed his missle defense ideas.


But wait one.

Hamas is firing a lot of missiles that are not only cheap , they were given free by Iran.

These are simple missiles , the easy test for Iron Dome doesn't prove much.

Iran has faster moving missiles, and Israel should hold enough Iron Dome in reserve to respond against the bigger faster missiles.

The worst vulnerability of Iron Dome is that it is a bigger drain on the purse than the ballistic missiles it stops are.

How long does it take to restock?

Does Iran know how long it takes to restock?     

[Christians4LessGvt]

the easy test for Iron Dome doesn't prove much.

This does!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PUusycx3Xc

http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/24/israeli-tanks-block-missiles-with-mini-iron-dome-system-video/

http://madworldnews.com/windbreaker-israeli-defense-system-hamas-calling-ceasefire/

[Plane]

I didn't know about that one, very interesting.

I am not worried that the Israelis will have any thing less then the best .

What I worried about is that the weapons being thrown at them are pretty cheap, the supply is large.

It ought to be a secret exactly how many such systems are available and how many reloads there are.

[Christians4LessGvt]

What I worried about is that the weapons being thrown at them are pretty cheap, the supply is large.

They are not that cheap..... Iran is spending huge bucks in Syria, Iraq, with Hamas. and other places
Iran's economy really, really sucks....so it's a good thing to see Iran being drained of money.

Plus even if they are cheap weapons, the answer is severe punishment.
Zero rockets into Israel is the only thing that should be tolerated.
Any rocket attack should be severely punished
where the cost to the rocket sender is totally unacceptable.

I see Obama and Kerry now rushing in to save Hamas.
Kerry wants that ceasefire before Israel takes next step to crush Hamas and destroy more tunnels.

Obama and Kerry got to protect the terrorist Hamas. 

[Christians4LessGvt]

http://baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=37&ARTICLE_ID=50930

[sirs]

Alas.....Hamas' "Human Dome" is working pretty good as well   

[Christians4LessGvt]

[kimba1]

it`s called priorities.

remember in Afghanistan they rather destroy the largest standing buddha statue and ask people to just give them stuff then offer the sell the statue intact for things they need. no conflict of thought there. sadly such thinking is not rare

[Plane]

  Yes , it is priorities .
  It is also irrationality.

    I wonder how many tunnels worth of building materials it would take for the authorities in charge of Gaza to  construct a desalination plant
     All of the tap water in Gaza is from pipes that originate at Israeli sources.
     If  Israel were to step one more step in the direction of General Sherman they would turn those valves closed and demand that every barrel of water be paid for with unfired missiles.

      I can't see that Hamas has ever done much to make the people of Gaza less dependent.

[kimba1]

I`ve learned along time ago logic and rational thought is just things that not everybody bother with

[Christians4LessGvt]

[Xavier_Onassis]

The typical Israeli line.

Put people in a fetid, walk-in jail for four generations and expect them to build the shining city on the hill.

The Zionists are like a Black Flag commercial: "They deserve to die."

The floggings will continue until morale improves.

What bullshit.

Peddle it elsewhere.

[sirs]

1 HUGE problem with that theory...Gaza isn't a jail.  People can come and go as they please, unlike those in jail.  Just can't be bringing in bomb/rocket making material.  Now, care to refute the actual points being made vs pretending they don't exist?  Has Ireal and many other countries provided Gaza with tons of concrete/structure making materials, for things like Hopsitals & Schools.  And has Hamas not been using them instead to build this plethora of illegal entrance tunnels into Israel??  That's not BS...that's current reality

[Xavier_Onassis]

Gazans cannot enter and leave Gaza. There is only one border crossing for people as all; the others were closed by Israel. Egypt restricts and often simply closes the border at Raffah. Non Gazan reporters are often refused entry.

It is a prison. Rather like Auschwitz, except without the ovens.

[sirs]

You just debunked yourself....there is a border crossing that they CAN enter/exit.  And that Egypt is involved. Not to mention their ports.  So no, it's not a prison, in any sense of the word.