Oh poor Israel thought Iron Dome will protect them. Iran learned a lot from Ukraine. Drones in masses are enough to penetrate the shield. And don’t forget that the Iron Dome costs Israel 1 billion USD for each night in full defence mode. It only takes a couple of days, weeks until the Iron Dome is empty.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Where are you getting this $1B figure? It appears the main cost is rockets, which run about $50k per. $1B would account for launching 20,000 rockets. There are 10 batteries in Israel with at most 80 rockets each, so a maximum of 800 rockets. That means 25 reloads a day. Is it really burning through that many rockets daily or is there more to this?

[–] valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would assume that operational and logistics costs apply to this figure. Aka shipping and handling, which is never free.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

This. And all the repairs. Also we’re talking here about military stuff. You don’t use FedEx to ship that. Military personell + equipment is expensive as fuck. Efficiency is not of priority.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 day ago

May the entity crumble.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 64 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Went to the toilet and missed this one please do another

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There probably would be peace in the Middle East if Israel didn't exist

[–] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 56 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Were there not an Israel the USA would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Well, considering that the US and Britain literally invented Israel, that tracks.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 21 points 1 day ago

Probably not, sadly.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Small bombardement video. Allegedly on Israeli ministry of defence: https://xcancel.com/Haqiqatjou/status/1933592695680680198

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (9 children)

May God help the righteous against the murderous, colonizing tyrants.

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